“Computer Chess” may be the strangest — and most wondrous — film of the year so far, and its director, Andrew Bujalski, doesn’t think it has much to do with chess. The film takes place at an ...

Like many, I have been watching the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, and it got me to think about the status of chess today. I remember in 1997 when IBM's chess computer Big Blue beat reigning world ...

Chess enthusiasts watch World Chess champion Garry Kasparov on a television monitor as he holds his head in his hands at the start of the sixth and final match 11 May against IBM\'s Deep Blue computer ...

For a few days, chess fans could be forgiven for wondering if the end of the game was in sight. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. At ...

A recent study suggests that there are more great chess players now than there ever have been - and that players continue to improve. The authors of the study noted and confirmed that the ELO rankings ...

Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

Years ago, [Leo Neumann]’s girlfriend gave him a 1970s chess computer game that was missing almost everything but the super cool clicky keyboard. Noting the similarity of chess move labeling to chord ...

Golden State appears every Monday and Thursday. You can reach Michael Hiltzik at golden.state@latimes.com and read his previous columns at latimes.com/hiltzik ...

Computers have changed the face of chess, and put Carlsen in a winning position. EPA/Stringer In a poetic turn, former World Champion Garry Kasparov said he has the super talent of Harry Potter, and ...

In late November, the latest official world chess championship match was staged in a large hall in the Olympic city of Sochi, Russia. The games were broadcast on the Internet with live commentary and ...