Chess & AI meetup at the FIDE World Cup
I was thrilled to organize and moderate the 1st Chess & AI meetup at the venue of the FIDE World Cup 2021, which brought together chess professionals and data scientists to discuss the latest advances in chess technology and their implications for the chess community.
Curious to know:
- Why was Napoleon ashamed of his poor chess skills and why did he order forged recordings of games?
- How do modern grandmasters train with chess engines?
- What is under the hood of AI chess engines like Alpha Zero?
Read press release and watch meetup video!
Find below the Chess&AI meetup schedule with amazing speakers from DeepMind, FIDE, and Skoltech for more motivation :)
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Mark Glukhovsky (Executive Director of the Russian Chess Federation): “Chess and Computer Technology: What AI Is and How It Is Changing the Chess World.”
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Conversation with Sergei Shipov (Russian professional chess player, grandmaster, chess coach and commentator): “The Role of the Computer in Professional Chess Player Training.”**
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Ulrich Paquet and Nenad Tomašev (DeepMind), authors of papers on AlphaZero in collaboration with Vladimir Kramnik: “Inner Workings of Chess Algorithms Based on AI and Neural Networks: AlphaZero and Beyond.”
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Panel discussion with Ulrich Paquet and Nenad Tomašev (DeepMind), Sergey Rykovanov and Yuri Shkandybin (Skoltech’s supercomputing group), Peter Heine Nielsen (chess player, grandmaster, coach of Magnus Carlsen).