The world has spent recent weeks coming to grips with the unfathomable power of artificial intelligence.  AI left academia’s brightest mathematicians slack-jawed when it found solutions to problems that once melted their brains. And it produced an international freakout after researchers sounded the alarm on technology that could bring about the end of mankind. At this point, AI seems capable of doing practically anything—and quickly.  So why hasn’t it cracked the code of the world’s most famous board game? The starting math of chess is relatively straightforward. Thirty-two pieces on 64 squares with perfect information for both players—no one is…

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