Plagiarism claims roil chess coding scene
Rybka, a powerful chess program, was stripped last year of its titles and its author publicly disgraced. Declared a plagiarist by the International Computer Games Association, Vasik Rajlich was also...
View ArticleAlleged chess cheat can't be beat
Is it possible for someone's chess ability to leap, suddenly, from mundane mastership to world-beating? Many are convinced that Bulgarian player Ivanov Borislav is cheating—but they cannot figure out...
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Row over chess move ended in "ritualistic" killing
Irish Gardaí charged an Italian man with murder after a dispute over a chess move ended in his opponent's death—and with his heart being EATEN. Saverio Bellante, 34, of Castlenock, was accused of...
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Chess grandmaster delighted to fall into unexpected trap
In this splendid game, chess grandmaster Max Dlugy (Rating: 3130) is surprised—and intrigued—by the wily play of the ominously and accurately-named player "TrickyMate" (Rating: 1400).
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Double weighted chessmen and tournament roll up board
Nothing makes me happier than friends coming over to sit on the deck and play chess. (more…)
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3D printed chess set where each piece holds a tiny plant
After this Bauhaus-inspired pattern from XYZ Workshop is downloaded and printed, each chess piece is designed as a mini-planter. (more…)
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High-ranking chess player caught cheating with wearable tech
Arcangelo Ricciardi was booted from the International Chess Festival of Imperia for cheating using a camera pendant to transmit video of the board to an accomplice and some kind of wireless device in...
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A chess set that could teach aliens how to play
What if you could learn how to play chess simply by looking at the pieces? (more…)
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Chess grandmaster takes on mouthy hustler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5vnpOp0U_g The most entertaining chess match you'll watch all year: Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, with the black pieces, takes on a trash-talking, fast-fingered hustler....
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Women competitors must wear hijabs at chess world championship, oddly awarded...
If you thought soccer's world cup being awarded to baking-hot Qatar marked the zenith of sporting corruption, give FIDE a chance: the international chess federation's forthcoming world championship is...
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Chess set made from car parts
It started when an anonymous Imgur user found an "old Integra cylinder head laying around the shop, collecting dust," which they "dis-assembled and decided to put it to use again." (more…)
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New York City chess set
Skyline Chess is taking pre-orders for a set based on New York's most iconic buildings. The concept was first conceived when we shared a flat together and would play chess in the evenings. The idea...
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Why the "Bobby Fischer of Union Square" threw his cell phone into the Hudson...
Ambakisye Osayaba is known to his students as TC ("Teaches Chess"), He can be found sitting at his folding table in New York's Union Square every day, even in bad weather. He charges $3 a game. If you...
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How a miniature chess set is made
This relaxing video shows a miniature chess set being made with rotary tools, lathes, saws and other equipment. It's not quite a DIY guide, unless you already have a fabulous shop, but it definitely...
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Meet the proprietor of the last chess supply store in New York City
Imad Khachan is proprietor of Chess Forum, the last chess shop in New York City. “When no other place will welcome you, you have a seat [here],” Khachan says. Khachan is the subject of King of the...
View ArticleNeural-net powered AI "crushes" top chess engine
AlphaZero lost only 6 games to Stockfish in a 1000-game series, winning 155 games and drawing the rest. The crushing win sharpens the challenge of neural networks to traditional chess engines. What can...
View Article1981's 1K Sinclair Chess vs a modern PC running StockFish
How does the amazingly concise 1-kilobyte chess program that came with 1981's Sinclair ZX81 fare against a modern PC armed with the powerful StockFish chess engine? Ha ha, it gets its ass kicked! The...
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Chess board turned into wonderfully nerdy coat rack
Volker Rieck transformed vintage old chess boards into fantastically nerdy coat racks to sell on his Etsy shop CreativeHolz. Chess club bonus points for the intentional arrangement of chess pieces...
View ArticleLegendary "lost" medieval chess piece found in drawer, expected to go for £1...
A family in Edinburgh had this curious medieval chess piece, mostly tucked in a drawer, for more than 50 years since the grandfather, an antiques dealer, bought it for £5. Recently, his granddaughter...
View ArticleCurrent chess champion Magnus Carlsen is also one of the top fantasy soccer...
The Premier League’s official fantasy football league has over seven million entrants. And as of a few days, World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen was number one in the league. As of this writing, he's...
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