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On New Year’s Day, Chess.com launched five chess-playing bots — each with a cat persona. But the Deseret News reports that something unexpected happened with “Mittens”…
Interest generated by Mittens is outpacing the surge that came on the heels… Continue reading Chess.com Visits Spike with New Cat-Themed AI Bot Named ‘Mittens’
“Rapid chess” grants 15 minutes to each player for all moves (plus 10 seconds per move). “Blitz chess” grants each player three minutes (plus 2 seconds per move).
Now CNN reports that five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen “won both the World… Continue reading World Chess Champ Magnus Carlsen Also Wins World Blitz and Rapid Chess Titles
Atari is reviving Akka Arrh, a 1982 arcade game canceled because test audiences found it too difficult. Engadget reports: For the wave shooter’s remake, the publisher is teaming up with developer Jeff Minter, whose psychedelic, synthwave style seems an… Continue reading Atari Revives Unreleased Arcade Game That Was Too Damn Hard For 1982 Players
Launched last week on the Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection contains over 100 games, and also “over an hour of exclusive video interviews with key players in the games industry” (according to its web si… Continue reading Atari’s 50th Anniversary Collection Includes 100 Games, Interviews, and Addictive New Titles
It’s the tale of a company manufacuring precision card-shuffling machines for casinos — and a gang of hustlers who used a hidden video camera to film the shuffler’s insides. “The images, transmitted to an accomplice outside in the casino parking … Continue reading How a Mathematician-Magician Revealed a Casino Loophole
Last week the Los Angeles Times published a sympathetic portrait of Robbi Jade Lew, the woman facing unproven allegations of cheating in a high-stakes poker match.
This week the newspaper profiled the man making those accusations — Garrett Adel… Continue reading Man Alleging Poker Cheating Demands Better Security in Livestreamed Games
Last week the Los Angeles Times published a sympathetic portrait of Robbi Jade Lew, the woman facing unproven allegations of cheating in a high-stakes poker match.
This week the newspaper profiled the man making those accusations — Garrett Adel… Continue reading Man Alleging Poker Cheating Demands Better Security in Livestreamed Games
An experienced poker player lost to a relative newcomer. But then, “Somehow, the Robbi Jade Lew-Garrett Adelstein scandal diving the poker world just got weirder,” reports the New York Post:
An internal investigation conducted by Hustler Casino Live &… Continue reading Alleged Poker-Cheating Scandal Gets Weirder: Employee Stole $15,000 In Chips
“Chess engines have redefined creativity in chess,” argues the Atlantic, “leading to a situation where the game’s top players can no longer get away with simply playing the strongest chess they can, but must also engage in subterfuge, misdirection, and… Continue reading Is Professional Chess Becoming More Like Poker?
“Chess engines have redefined creativity in chess,” argues the Atlantic, “leading to a situation where the game’s top players can no longer get away with simply playing the strongest chess they can, but must also engage in subterfuge, misdirection, and… Continue reading Is Professional Chess Becoming More Like Poker?