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"Chess has been shaken to its roots by AlphaZero" (Garry Kasparov, Former World Chess Champion)""Most unnerving was that AlphaZero seemed to express insight. It played like no computer ever has, intuitively and beautifully, with a romantic, attacking style." (Steven Strogatz, Professor of mathematics at Corner New York Times)"Quite inspirational. I was thinking at several points during the game [in Round 11 of the 2019 Tata Steel Chess Tournament]: how would AlphaZero have approached this?" (Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion)"I love Game Changer. This is a phenomenal book." (John Bartholomew, International Master YouTube Channel)"One of the most important chess books ever written." (Raymond Keene, Grandmaster The Spectator)
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About the Author
Matthew Sadler (1974) is a Grandmaster who twice won the British Championship and was awarded an individual Gold Medal at the 1996 Olympiad. He has authored several highly acclaimed books on chess and has been writing the famous ‘Sadler on Books' column for New In Chess magazine for many years. Natasha Regan is a Women's International Master from England who achieved a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University. Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan won the English Chess Federation 2016 Book of the Award for their book Chess for Life. Garry Kasparov (1963) is a former World Chess Champion. After his retirement from chess in 2005 he devoted his time to politics and writing. His latest book is Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins. Demis Hassabis (1976) is co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, the world's leading AI research organisation which developed ‘AlphaGo', the first program to master Go. A child chess prodigy, he is also a renowned computer scientist, neuroscientist and videogame designer.
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Product details
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: New In Chess (February 15, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9056918184
ISBN-13: 978-9056918187
Product Dimensions:
6.7 x 1 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.3 out of 5 stars
8 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#8,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I have read the first half of the book and am enjoying it very much. Â The deep explanation of the many ways that AZ differs from humans and other engines offers many insights into how a god-like entity would play the game. Â AZ makes moves that defy conventional thinking and beats Stockfish 8 with them. Â Sadler and Regan explain the 'thinking' behind these moves clearly and there are usually enough diagrams to follow without setting up a board. Â A minor criticism is that their explanation of neural networks and how NNs learn and calculate falls short of other works on that topic written by professional science writers but the book is top notch when it comes to chess.
So those of us who care were already told that AlphaZero taught itself to play Chess by playing lots of games against itself. And this book tells us the same thing OVER and OVER again.What AlphaZero looked for while it was playing all those games, what information it saved and how it used that information to make its timely move choices is entirely missing. (Saying that the program likes open files, open diagonals, and well posted knights is virtually meaningless. We all like those things, but at what cost?)This book is much more like any game collection that features a single chessmaster except that AlphaZero's opponent is (nearly?) always Stockfish. Some (many?) of the games have already been published and analyzed. The analysis in Game Changer is interesting and presented with clear diagrams. It's a chess book. But if you want real information about AI and neural networks I think you need to look elsewhere.
This is an extraordinary work that should be of great interest to all avid chess players. Many of the Alphazero-Stockfish games shown are from forced opening move sequences to explore how these AI/software programs would play them. Much of what the AI program shows about chess is truly fascinating.... interestingly much of current chess theory is confirmed by Alphazero, just that Alphazero plays it at a much higher more sophisticated level. Also included are well known games played by some of the greats of the past that remind the authors of various of the AI game strategies.
A very creditable analysis, seeking to extract practical knowledge for chess played by humans, from chess games played between AlphaZero and Stockfish (repetitive, though: too large fragments of text are copied in different places, with the excuse of analyzing different aspects of Alphazero)
A fascinating read.
1) I am very impressed with this book! This review is not only about the book it is also about Leela (free AI chess program) and chess analysis at professional level. 2) My background: Chess is my hobby.. I am a strong non professional chess player (FM, Correspondence chess GM), I live in US and I am the highest rated correspondence chess player in US) I also have a library of 2500+ chess books.. My 14 year son is 2300 USCF rated (played on second board in the last round of a couple of World Youth Championships, but no medals :-(, and he won a couple times US National championships.3) leela: I am also very familiar with the free AI chess program Leela. (similar to Alpha Zero) I actually helped GM Caruana's team set it up approximately 1 month before the WC match with Carlsen. They were also very impressed.4) The book is amazing for strong chess players, researchers and correspondence chess players. (not for beginners, probably 2000- or even 2200+ would benefit most.5) Alpha Zero: creativity: It just takes one away from classical chess (Like kasparov's games,an occasional piece of art never see before) . it is like a new form of art opening a new door, a new perspective. new plans, new moves are generated. A different window...(from creative point of view)6) The authors did an amazing job with this very unusual assignment. They describe founder Demis Hassabis (who was a very strong young player, second seed after Judith Polgar in under 14 World Youth Championship in the past), interview with the technical experts in programming, and find examples of unusual plans that stockfish or komodo or Houdini is not able to see. it is the fist book of a new era.7) The book is a lot of fun to read (i already superficially read half of it in a day! fascinating!) it shows positions which are evaluated as 0.00 by chess programs.8) It is probably more interesting for players rated above 2000, though the higher the rating, the more original it will be found..9) techical: (This is not related to book, read only if you are interested in leela and AlphaZero) Alpha Zero is not commercially available, and is in my opinion stronger than leela (probably not for too long), but these programs are a must for chess professionals right now (actually i am building one for a very strong young GM- potential future world champion, as a gift right now) Setting it up was a headache in the beginning (now i have 3 setups with RTX 2080 cards one being dual videocard, with 36 processors running at 3.3Ghz) You need a special videocard (RTX 2060,2070,2080 or 2080 Ti) increasing in price and speed (most cost effective is RTX 2070 , around 500$ for chess)10) basically it generates ideas that are not seen by stockfish and similar alpha zero engines. so gives a completely new way of looking at positions that are evaluated as 0.00 by older chess engines. The future is combination of alphazero engines and neural network engines in one program, that would be even stronger than each one of them. These engines have their own problems (tactics mainly, may miss moves stockfish etc finds) but for positional compensation, long term attacks with material investment these programs are amazing...(leela has very bad endings now, which alpha zero was able to solve) but for middle game, they are amazing.Also very powerful is the opening database *which is very useful for professional chess players because the opening moves these programs generate are different then the ones that hiarcs or other engines opening books, with percentages very close to human success. (in a way thinks like human more, with similar success and similar preferences in the openings)Any serious professional chess player who has not started using these (mainly leela as Alpha zero is not available) is falling behind. A combination of both Alpha zero engines and neural network engines for high level professional chess analysis is a must at this moment.11) Ethical aspects of AI: (This is also an ethical dilemma not about the book, skip if you are only interested in the book) : I would recommend everyone read Harrari's book "21 lessons for the 21st century) dangers of AI... Can it be reversed , no ,it is coming and not preventable. is AI dangerous? in my opinion, depends on how it is used. I see it as a threat to humanity, but mainly because of how its used by us humans. Human race is dangerous ( you may also want to read "Saphiens" by Harrari). AI is not dangerous. How we use it will advance us or will destroy us (I am pessimistic seeing our leaders)A new door has opened, this is the first fascinating book, more will be coming.SUMMARY:1) An amazing book! A new art, a new perspective a new form of creativity is shown... Very nicely written. beautiful ideas by the new AI programs is shown (reminds me of Kasparov's games)2) More for stronger players (2000+, especially 2200+)3) A must for professional chess players and correspondence chess players.4) i really enjoyed reading it.. a treat.....Tansel Turgut, FM, ICCF GM
It took the computer prorgram AlphaZero, developed by the artificial intelligence company DeepMind, less than 24 hours of self-teaching to reach such a level of chess that it astounded the world. The authors, Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan, looked deeply into the games played by AlphaZero as well as having access to the researchers at DeepMind to produce a remarkable book.The book is arranged in such a way that chapters can be read in any order, and the chess analysis is not overwhelming, with an emphasis placed more on explanations rather than variations. The chapters include topics like: How AlphaZero thinks, Themes in AlphaZero's play, Piece mobility: outposts, Piece mobility: activity, Attacking the king: the march of the rook's pawn, Attacking the king: colour complexes, and Attacking the king: sacrifices for time, space and damage. It is great learning tool for chess players because we can learn from an artificial intelligence that is completely independent from the history of human chess development. The authors guide us through the important ideas in AlphaZero's game and how they compare with those played by humans through detailed explanations, and also show us how AlphaZero's ideas can be used in our own games. It is also of great interest for artificial intelligence developers as it opens up the possibility of using these AI techniques in other fields.
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