Chess & AI Meetup 2021

Описание

❗English subtitles for talks in Russian are available

Chess & AI meetup brought together chess professionals and data scientists to discuss the latest advances in chess technology and their implications for the chess community.

Press about Chess&AI Meetup:
FIDE: https://worldcup.fide.com/news/tpost/va9jrdz851-chess-amp-ai-meetup
Skoltech: https://www.skoltech.ru/en/2021/08/chess-amp-ai-meetup/

Moderator:
Julia Gusak (Researh Scientist, Skoltech) https://juliagusak.github.io/about

Timeline:

16:12 Introductory speech (in Russian, English subtitles) Julia Gusak, research scientist, Skoltech.

17:46 (in Russian, English subtitles) Mark Glukhovsky, Executive Director of the Russian Chess Federation: “Chess and Computer Technology: What AI Is and How It Is Changing the Chess World.”

54:14 (in Russian, English subtitles) Conversation with Sergei Shipov, a Russian professional chess player, grandmaster, chess coach and commentator: “The Role of the Computer in Professional Chess Player Training.”

1:10:36 (in English) Ulrich Paquet and Nenad Tomašev, DeepMind researchers and authors of papers on AlphaZero in collaboration with Vladimir Kramnik: “Inner Workings of Chess Algorithms Based on AI and Neural Networks: AlphaZero and Beyond.”

1:52:00 (in English) Discussion panel.
Participants:
Ulrich Paquet and Nenad Tomašev, researchers, DeepMind;
Sergey Rykovanov (professor) and Yuri Shkandybin (systems architect), Skoltech’s supercomputing group;
Peter Heine Nielsen, chess player, grandmaster, coach of Magnus Carlsen

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