Since the 18th century, people have been fascinated by the idea of machines that could play chess against humans. With the advent of the digital electronic computer in the mid-20th century, that dream ...

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 Ebert’s site leads this morning with a previously unpublished review of Andrew ...

When you visit the History of Computer Chess exhibit at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, the first machine you see is “The Turk.” In 1770, a Hungarian engineer and diplomat ...