Less “checkmate,” more “check your finger to see if it’s still intact, buddy.” A robot chess player went outside the usual rules of the game recently when it made a move that shocked onlookers and ...

The president of the Moscow Chess Federation reportedly said "robot operators, apparently, will have to think about strengthening protection so that such a situation does not happen again" Amanda ...

Talk about bad sportsmanship — and at the hands of a robot, no less. An AI-powered machine equipped with the gift of game strategizing (but definitely not good manners) has reportedly injured a 7-year ...

I take no joy in saying this, but for our own survival, we humans must immediately destroy all robots. They drew first blood. In case you missed the news story – perhaps because you were kidnapped by ...

Have you ever wondered how a mechanical chess-playing robot from the 1700s could defeat the best players of its time? In this ...

A 7-year-old boy in Russia suffered a broken finger while facing off against a robotic opponent during a competitive chess tournament this month. According to Russian news agency TASS, the AI-powered ...

A robot broke a 7-year-old boy's finger while they were playing chess during a tournament in Moscow, Russian news agency TASS reported. "The robot broke the child's finger," Moscow Chess Federation ...

A relatively normal—well, as normal as human-vs-robot chess can be—chess game went awry last week when a 7-year-old boy’s robotic opponent broke the boy’s ...

MOSCOW, Russia — A chess-playing robot grabbed the finger of its 7-year-old opponent and broke it during last week's Moscow Chess Open tournament, Russian media reported Monday. “The robot broke the ...