by Sean | Mar 18, 2019 | Blogs
We now reach our penultimate blog on Game Changer (previous features can be found via the blog’s main page). There are so many fascinating ideas in this book that it is impossible to do more than merely scratch the surface on this blog. Instructive snippets are...
by Sarah Hegarty | Mar 11, 2019 | Blogs
Megafinal 2020 entry is now open and entries are pouring in ! With events taking place in Edinburgh, Devon, Belfast and Sandwich we really are covering all corners of the UK ! As is tradition we thought it would be useful to post a guide about what to expect from a...
by Sarah Hegarty | Mar 11, 2019 | Blogs
“Every year is a chess game. New Year is a new chess game! You make the right moves, you win the game!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan (Turkish playwright) Whilst many things are staying the same for 2019 we are introducing a few new things to make the show bigger and...
by Sean | Mar 11, 2019 | Blogs
Last time in our investigation of this fascinating new book, we saw Alpha Zero squeeze the ‘life’ out of Stockfish 8. This time we will see an example of a much more direct attack, with the two bishops proving to be an especially strong team. Stockfish 8...
by Sean | Mar 4, 2019 | Blogs
As previously mentioned, we are taking a good look at this fascinating and important new book over the next few blog posts. It is a big book (over 400 pages) but it really is a case of all killer, no filler. I want to jump straight into the action to present a snippet...
by Sean | Feb 26, 2019 | Blogs
Chess certainly isn’t what it used to be. There was a time when people seriously doubted that a computer could ever beat a human at chess but when Garry Kasparov was defeated in a six-game match by IBM’s Deeper Blue back in 1997 it opened the floodgates...
