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Game Changer: AlphaZero’s Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI it took AlphaZero only a few
hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the world.
Game Changer
The artificial intelligence system, created by DeepMind, had been fed nothing but the rules of the Royal
Game when it beat the world’s strongest chess engine in a prolonged match. The selection of ten games
published in December 2017 created a worldwide sensation: how was it possible to play in such a
brilliant and risky style and not lose a single game against an opponent of superhuman strength?
AlphaZero’s Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI
For Game Changer, Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan investigated more than two thousand
previously unpublished games by AlphaZero. They also had unparalleled access to its team of developers
and were offered a unique look ‘under the bonnet’ to grasp the depth and breadth of AlphaZero’s search.
Sadler and Regan reveal its thinking process and tell the story of the human motivation and the
techniques that created AlphaZero.
Also presents a collection of lucidly explained chess games of astonishing quality. Both professionals and club
players will improve their game by studying AlphaZero’s stunning discoveries in every field that matters: opening
preparation, piece mobility, initiative, attacking techniques, long-term sacrifices and much more.
The story of AlphaZero has a wider impact. Game Changer offers intriguing insights into the
opportunities and horizons of Artificial Intelligence. Not just in solving games, but in providing solutions
for a wide variety of challenges in society.
With a foreword by former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and an introduction by DeepMind
CEO Demis Hassabis.
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.
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