First quantum chess tournament won by an Amazon researcher

The world’s first quantum chess tournament took place during the Q2B virtual conference, and an Amazon player knocked out representatives from five other companies involved in the quantum computer to win the title.

Quantum Chess, developed by Chris Cantwell at Quantum Realm Games in California, is a strange version of the popular chess game. The rules contain several ideas from quantum mechanics. Pieces can be placed in an overlay of two positions, which means that one piece can occupy more than one square …