It’s the story that has rocked chess and shown no sign of abating. The cheating scandal which has engulfed the sport, involving five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, is all anyone is talking about.

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Palisade Research recently detailed a ChatGPT experiment in which a reasoning model was told to play chess against a more powerful opponent and win. Rather than attempt to beat the stronger opponent, ...

When sensing defeat in a match against a skilled chess bot, advanced models sometimes hack their opponent, a study found.

If Hans Niemann had hoped to put an alleged cheating scandal behind him, the chess grandmaster’s interview with Piers Morgan on Monday might have just scuttled that wish. Niemann has repeatedly denied ...

Chess engines have become much stronger than humans in recent years, with many exceeding a 3,000 Elo rating -- the Elo rating system measures the strength of a chess player relative to their opponents ...