Chess has a reputation for cold logic, but Vladimir Kramnik loves the game for its beauty. “It’s a kind of creation,” he says. His passion for the artistry of minds clashing over the board, trading ...

Computer v. Chess-Player Can a machine be made to think creatively? One reply is: First, can a machine be made to play a good game of chess? How a computer was programmed so that it could defeat an ...

It’s more been than three months since Roger Ebert passed away, but he’s still filing copy from the great beyond. Ebert’s site leads this morning with a previously unpublished review of Andrew ...