The Life-Saving Power of Chess, With a Side of Plantains

At a Haitian-Dominican cafe in Brooklyn, I found solace, friendship, and a newfound love of the game.

When Detroit took chess down South, people like Huel Perkins noticed

When the Detroit City Chess Club visited a Louisiana town for three days, their intent was to help build a chess program that will last decades.
Hackaday

Building A Self-Playing Chess Board Robot

As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a ...
Texas Public Radio

A supercomputer beat a human chess champ 30 years ago, paving a path for AI dominance

In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue faced off against Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess mind on Earth — and changed history.
ZME Science

AI Just Cracked the Rules of a Lost Roman Board Game, and It’s Unlike Anything We Expected

The game the AI reconstructed — now dubbed Ludus Coriovalli (Game of Coriovallum) — is an asymmetric battle of attrition. It ...
Hackaday

Creating An Electronic Board For Catan-Compatible Shenanigans

[Sean Boyce] has been busy building board games. Specifically, an electronic strategy boardgame that is miraculously also compatible with Settlers of Catan. [Sean’s] game is called Calculus. It’s ...