Chess & AI Meetup 2021

❗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: Skoltech: Moderator: Julia Gusak (Researh Scientist, Skoltech) 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 Info partners: , , Ladies in Tech&AI