Magnus Carlsen challenges our understanding of both human greatness and limitation.
Sometimes the headline says it all: A chess-playing robot accidentally broke the finger of its seven-year-old opponent during an exhibition match in Moscow. The child apparently moved his piece too soon, and the robot grabbed his finger and squeezed it, resulting in a fracture.
MOSCOW (AP) — Are robots already starting to turn on humans?
A chess-playing robot grabbed the finger of its seven-year-old opponent and broke it during last week's Moscow Chess Open tournament, Russian media reported Monday.
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We recently learned with sadness that GM Igor Naumkin has died. Igor Gennadyevich Naumkin got his IM title in 1988 and his GM title in 1990, and sported wins over Mikhail Tal and David Bronstein. He left Russia for Europe searching for better chess opportunities in 1991...
