The Elo (chess ranking estimate) of the best chess programs is about 3700 which is about 900 points beyond the 2881 maximum of Magnus Carlsen. This means Magnus might be able to get a draw in one out ...

The machine could defend its king and reach checkmate, although it could take up to 63 moves, and standard chess rules would call a draw on 50 moves without a capture or pawn move. In 1920 ...

Chess is often seen as a tool to aid rational ... as counting (a clear example is evaluating a ‘Pawn Race’ in King-pawn endings), probability (the chances of our opponent choosing a certain ...

EDWARDSVILLE - How many points are the Queen worth Can the Pawn move backwards What happens when you capture the King These ...

After losses in Round 13, D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa played out a tie-breaker in the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, with the former coming good in sudden-death to win.