To the extent that “the computer” and the almighty bar blind us to the chess being played, they’re a problem. We shouldn’t be watching the World Bar Shifting Championship.

Game 3 of the World Chess Championship in London, like the two games that came before it, ended in a draw — 49 moves and a touch more than four hours. The best… ...

The chess-dominating computer program that has won the past four World Computer Chess Championship titles -- dubbed "Rybka" by programmer and International Master Vasik Rajlich -- was stripped of ...