How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess - Softcover

Kongsted, Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904600026 ISBN 13: 9781904600022

Publisher: Gambit Publications Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Computers have permeated almost every facet of modern chess, yet few players know how to gain the maximum benefit from working with them. Computers function as playing partners, opening study tools, endgame 'oracles', tactics trainers, sources of information on opponents and searchable game databases. Kongsted provides practical advice on how to use computers in all these ways and more. He also takes a look at the history of the chess computer, and how its 'thinking' methods have developed since the early days. The book features an investigation of human vs. machine contests, including the recent Kasparov vs. Deep Junior and Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz matches, in which honours ended even.

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About the Author

Christian Kongsted trained as a journalist at the Danish School of Journalism, and is an experienced chess writer. His correspondence chess rating is over 2500, and his Elo rating is over 2200. He has been interested in computer chess ever since he got his first chess computer at the age of eight.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gambit Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904600026
• ISBN 13: 9781904600022
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192