Not exactly a household name, but as [IEEE Spectrum] points out, he invented a chess automaton in 1920 that would foreshadow the next century’s obsession with computers playing chess.

So how are we going to get regular expressions to play chess? Well, by making a regular expression computer, of course! More specifically, we're going to design a Branch-Free, Conditional ...

a chess computer, outplayed Garry Kaspa-rov, a reigning world champion. The age of artificial intelligence (AI) had arrived. Computers have transformed the way in which the game is played and ...

One reply is: First, can a machine be made to play a good game of chess? How a computer was programmed so that it could defeat an inexperienced human opponent ...

This smart chess board blends the tactile joy of in-person play with the global reach of online opponents.

The system consists of a computer chip attached to tiny flexible ... He added that before his injury, he used to 'love playing chess', continuing: 'This is one of the things that y'all have ...