It was a pivotal moment in computing history when a computer beat a human at chess for the first time, but that doesn't mean chess is "solved." Pixabay On this day 21 years ago, the world changed ...

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Computers have revolutionised the way chess is played – and can beat any player. But could a part-human and part-computer player be even more powerful?

How a computer beat the best chess player in the world Twenty years ago IBM’s Deep Blue defeated previously unbeaten chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov.

IBM's Deep Blue beat chess great Garry Kasparov in 1997. Humans and computers play the game differently, but have computers taught humans much about the game?

Saitek's Mephisto Maestro Travel Chess Computer showed me that I'm really, really rusty at chess. The Maestro sells for around $100 (Cdn.) and looks a lot like a Palm computer on steroids. It's ...