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D.C.K.: Dock Chess King Releases On Steam On April 24th

Indie developer and publisher Valentware Games confirmed that D.C.K.: Dock Chess King will be released on Steam starting on April 24th. This is basically a fun little retro title in which your chess ...
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Daniel Naroditsky’s Death Exposes an Existential Threat to Chess

Daniel Naroditsky at the FIDE World Rapid Championship on Dec. 28, 2024 in New York, NY.Lennart Ootes—Getty Images In July, the American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky played a speed chess game against ...
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Being a woman in chess can feel 'lonely' says streamer Anna Cramling, as the game grapples with harsh truths

With multiple women coming forward about their disturbing experiences in the chess world, including accusations of sexual misconduct by a grandmaster, the historic game is having its own #MeToo moment ...
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Blindsided by brutal AI chess bots? This one thinks like a human

For years, the game of chess has been seen as a litmus test for how far AI can go against the human intellect. When IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer beat reigning Chess world champion Garry Kasparov in ...
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When The Prison Banned Board Games, We Played Chess In Our Minds

“At the heart of our mental chess game lies a profound lesson: The difference between being content or distraught is a matter of perspective.” Not too long ago my mother told me about how chess has ...