Among elite chess grandmasters, more than 70% of competitions end in ties. And that is just conventional "over the board" chess; in the growing realm of online competition known as "correspondence ...

Could a machine outthink the best human mind in the world? Thirty years ago that was still an open question, but a historic matchup between a chess grandmaster and an IBM supercomputer answered it. On ...

Since the launch of the Crossword in 1942, The Times has captivated solvers by providing engaging word and logic games. In 2014, we introduced the Mini Crossword — followed by Spelling Bee, Letter ...