Can Calipari's Preseason Chess Game Give Hogs Edge Needed in NCAA Tournament?

If a long held belief about how the NCAA Tournament pairings are put together is actual policy, then a bit of arduous scheduling ...
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AI often escalates to nuclear action in war games

There are some things perhaps we might not want artificial intelligence to handle, at least for the time being. When leading ...

Mysterious Roman-era board game that eluded scientists for a century finally solved by AI

The cutting-edge gamebot, named Ludii, “played the game against itself and identified a few variants that are enjoyable for humans to play.” ...

Mystery stone is actually ancient Roman board game

During their excavation work, archaeologists discovered an oval stone measuring roughly 8.3 by 5.7 inches in diameter and ...

Taser Chess: No, Masochism Is Not a Shortcut to Chess Stardom

As the Taser Chess journey concludes, a year after it began, we watch EiH returning to Union Square. He tries to test the board on the hustlers, who want absolutely no part of it, so eventually he ...

Man builds electrified chessboard that shocks players for bad moves

Heisler’s Skinner box-esque chess set was inspired by similarly masochistic DIY projects like an electrified keyboard, and gets its voltage from a reconfigured TENS unit. Short for Transcutaneous ...