PART 1 Chapter 1 ................................................................................................... 9
PART 1 Chapter 1 ................................................................................................... 9
Introduction ............................................................................................................... 10 From Antikythera to Zarkov : a tour of how we came to be here ............................... 12 The first chess machine ............................................................................................ 15 Chess and computers – they go together like chocolate and peanut butter ........... 18 Computers get smaller .............................................................................................. 21 A chess computer on the table ................................................................................. 21 A computer in your hand .......................................................................................... 24 Stone knives and bearskins – what did chess players do before computers ?......... 25 Chess comes home for good – in the beginning ...................................................... 28 The bombshell .......................................................................................................... 28 The gorilla in the corner ............................................................................................ 29 Some highlights of home computer chess through 1998 ......................................... 31 Humans meet their match ......................................................................................... 34 Confronting the beast :............................................................................................... 37 Some thoughts on Kasparov vs . Deep Blue ............................................................. 37 The aftermath ............................................................................................................ 48 The twenty-first century ............................................................................................. 49
Chapter 2 ................................................................................................. 50
Under the chess engine ' s hood : how a computer plays chess ................................ 51 A tree of possibilities ................................................................................................. 52 Crunching the numbers ............................................................................................ 54 Moving backward down the branches ...................................................................... 56 What you ' ll need to remember .................................................................................. 57
Chapter 3 ................................................................................................. 58
Some good old fashioned chess advice .................................................................. 59 TIP # 1 : Study chess tactics ....................................................................................... 60 TIP # 2 : Study the endgame ...................................................................................... 60 TIP # 3 : Learn some opening basics , but don ' t spend hours memorizing variations ...... 61 TIP # 4 : Study positional chess ( e . g . chess strategy )................................................ 61 TIP # 5 Play as much chess as you can .................................................................... 62 TIP # 6 Write down or record the moves to every game you play ............................. 62 TIP # 7 Review your games later ............................................................................... 63 TIP # 8 Get help and advice from stronger players ................................................... 63
TIP # 9 When you buy books , videos , software , and other training materials , use them !......................................................... 64
Tip # 10 Play over the chess games of other players ................................................ 64 TIP # 11 Don ' t kick yourself over losing a game ........................................................ 65
Chapter 4 ................................................................................................. 66
The path to improvement is a circle .......................................................................... 67 Practice ..................................................................................................................... 68 Analysis ..................................................................................................................... 68 Study ......................................................................................................................... 69
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