There are upsides and downsides to each army, and playing against others using the "classic" army (that is, basic chess rules) is valid and balanced, Sirlin says. Other changes include a "midline ...

There are no barriers to chess - culture, age, language, religion doesn't matter and the rules are the same all over the world. Most importantly, chess can also be a powerful tool that allows ...

Starting with only the basic rules of chess, the system was free to make up its own strategy, unconstrained by anything that came before. The software uses a technique called reinforcement ...