Chess

Chess is one of the most popular board games in the world and probably the most well-known. Chess is a battle of the mind, with two players competing against each other using wit, strategy and tactics with nothing left to chance.

Played on an eight-by-eight square board with 16 pieces per side, chess is deceptively simple but as mathematical analysis shows, the number of potential games is enormous - in fact, greater than the total number of atoms in the universe.

Chess requires the ability to think many moves ahead, but also a high level of intuition, which is why humans can still compete with computers. This is particularly the case in speed chess and blitz chess, when there is a restriction on the time allowed for a move.