Chess isn’t fair—so rearrange the pieces

It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...
Ars Technica

How to optimize a build for a chess engine?

Okay, sorry for the weird question. But, I play a little chess, and one of the things that vaguely annoys me is that chess engines are kinda slow. Suppose I want to analyze a position to a certain ...
WOSU Public Media

Making moves: How one organization is using chess to build community

Ernest Levert Jr. (left) plays chess with Dua waNgure (right) at the Cooperative Chess Cultural Center in Columbus. The space is designed to be inclusive of all races, genders and ethnicities. It’s 4 ...
The New York Times

How to Pick the Best Chess Set

We independently review everything we recommend. We may get paid to link out to retailer sites, and when you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By James Austin James Austin ...
Ars Technica

How to optimize a build for a chess engine?

An update: I built a new box. 13900k, RTX 3080, 64GB of DDR5-4800. I can get right around 27 million nodes/second in Stockfish 15.1, which feels pretty damn insane. It's still bizarrely not that much ...