computerchess
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Kasparov vs. Deep Blue: the Chess Match That Changed Our Minds About AI
In May of 1997, Garry Kasparov sat down at a chess board in a Manhattan skyscraper. Kasparov, considered the best chess player of all time, wasn’t challenging another grandmaster. He was playing with an AI called Deep Blue. Deep Blue was one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, built by IBM with a specific goal…
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Build Your Own Undetectable Chess Cheating Vibrator
The professional chess world is in chaos after accusations that master Hans Niemann has been cheating in official play, including some wild theories about how he might be getting outside help. But are vibrating anal beads that wirelessly communicate with the outside world even possible? It turns out the technology can work, and Adafruit will…
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Magnus Carlsen Finally Offers Some Commentary on Chess Cheating Accusations
This ongoing chess cheating controversy is getting as exhausting as playing 50 rounds of chess back to back with your 7-year-old niece. We’re getting close to a month of this, yet without tangible proof of any chess con we might never see the end of it.