Figuring out why AIs get flummoxed by some games

While beating an AI at a board game may seem relatively trivial, it can help us identify failure modes of the AI, or ways in ...
Reuters

Norway's Carlsen wins first FIDE Freestyle World Championship

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Norway's Magnus Carlsen added another crown to his collection on Sunday by becoming the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess world champion after a comeback win over Fabiano Caruana ...
IEEE

Improvements in Evaluation Functions Based on Endgame Databases of Chinese Dark Chess

Abstract: Alpha-beta-based search is used in the game of Chinese dark chess, which is stochastic and has perfect information. To efficiently determine a good move, an evaluation function needs to be ...
Dexerto

YouTuber GothamChess’s ‘How to Win’ book banned from Speed Chess Championship

Chess fans were left stunned after learning that YouTuber GothamChess’s book ‘How to Win at Chess’ won’t be allowed in a physical or digital copy at the Speed Chess Championship Finals. The Speed ...
Morningstar

Sweetgreen Launches New Menu in Collaboration with Function Health, Designed by Dr. Mark Hyman

The menu pairs Sweetgreen’s real-food cooking with Function’s scientific expertise in overall health - proving that eating for your health has never been so delicious Today, Sweetgreen and Function, ...
IEEE

Design of Amazon Chess Evaluation Function Based on Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: The computer chess is an important research direction of artificial intelligence. Amazon chess game is an extremely complicated strategy game and the search algorithm relies heavily on the ...
Variety

How ‘Chess’ Went From Cult Fave to Broadway Breakout—With the Help of a Winning Score

In those intervening decades, the score of “Chess,” written by the ABBA songwriting duo of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and featuring tunes “I Know Him So Well,” “Nobody’s Side,” “Anthem” and the ...