AI researchers make $1 million challenge to anyone who can solve chess puzzle

Solving this complex problem would lead to breakthroughs in a number of areas, including online encryption. Have a good mind for computational problem-solving? Then the University of St. Andrews and the Clay Mathematics Institute sure have the competition for you. Announced on Thursday, the prize (awarded by the Clay Mathematics Institute) is available to anyone who can solve a chess puzzle which researchers estimate could take thousands of years to come up with a quick answer to. Were it solved, a program working out the math behind the so-called "Queens Puzzle" would help address a number of currently impossible problems, including breaking any online security measures.