The Chess Revolution: Understanding the Power of an Ancient Game in the Digital

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The best chess journalist in the world explores why, after 1,500 years of existence, chess has never been more relevant than now.

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Despite being 1,500 years old, chess has never been more relevant than it is today. The Chess Revolution explores chess as a cultural phenomenon from its biggest stars and most dramatic moments to the impact of the internet and AIChess, as it turns out, isn't just one of the greatest games ever devised. It has inspired writers, painters and filmmakers, and was a secret mover behind technical revolutions like artificial intelligence that are transforming society. In The Chess Revolution the acclaimed Chess.com journalist Peter Doggers reveals how computers and the Internet have further strengthened the timeless magic of chess in the digital era, leading to a new peak in popularity and cultural relevance.

Author Biography

Peter Doggers is one of the most well-known and respected journalists in the chess world. An internationally ranked chess player, he is the director of news and events at the market leader in online chess, Chess.com. Doggers has played chess for more than thirty-five years and has covered it for nearly twenty. He has interviewed dozens of grandmasters, played basketball with Magnus Carlsen and interviewed Garry Kasparov at Bobby Fischer's grave. Doggers lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Review

Chess is a staggering invention, if indeed it was invented. Maybe it just evolved. It is still evolving, now faster than ever, and Peter Doggers has traced and tracked its never-ending development with wit, vigour and insight. Nothing artificial about his intelligence -- Sir Tim RicePeter Doggers has been covering the chess world as a journalist for almost 20 years, and no one knows more about its culture and controversies than him. Now he has undertaken a fascinating and synoptic survey that looks at the game's glorious past and what he hopes could be an even more storied future. Thanks to the internet, more people are playing and following the game than ever before, Netflix's The Queen's Gambit has triggered a new wave of popular interest, and computers and AI - far from killing the game, as many anticipated - have helped to remake it. Doggers argues forcefully that chess, for so long in danger of being marginalised after the high point of the great Fischer-Spassky world championship match in 1972, is returning to the mainstream and can be a winner again -- Stephen Moss, author of The Rookie: An Odyssey Through Chess (and Life)The game of chess deserves this book -- Tex de Wit, comedian, TV personality and chess player

Details ISBN1472149335 Author Peter Doggers Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781472149336 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-10-24 Imprint Robinson Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General UK Release Date 2024-10-24 AU Release Date 2024-10-28 NZ Release Date 2024-10-28 Language English ISBN-10 1472149335 Pages 416 Subtitle Understanding the Power of an Ancient Game in the Digital Age DEWEY 794.109 We've got this

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