Game Changer

Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan examine AlphaZero, the artificial intelligence system from DeepMind that was given nothing but the rules of chess, taught itself in a few hours, and then defeated the strongest chess engine in the world over a long match. The authors went through more than two thousand of its previously unpublished games and had access to its team of developers and a look at how its search works. They describe its thinking process and the motivation and techniques behind it, and explain games that show its ideas on opening preparation, piece mobility, initiative, attacking technique and long-term sacrifices. The book also considers what it suggests about AI beyond games. New In Chess published it in 2019.