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.

People have been interested in chess-playing computers before there were any ... will assume its moves will be the ones that raise the rating of its positions and that the opponent will move ...

But 2023 was an eventful year for Gukesh when he unleashed himself to the world as the youngest player to reach a rating of ...

Chess purists might balk at the idea, but some of the biggest names in technology seem to believe that their beloved game ...

I usually lose. I’m only 600-rated,” Flores said. Other members’ chess.com ratings are evidence of their progress with the ...