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News and annotated games from Malcolm Pein and the London Chess Centre

Blitz Chess Tournament, Sunday, June 30, 2019
Blitz Chess Tournament, Sunday, June 30, 2019 Take part in a fun, casual Blitz Chess Tournament! All levels and ratings welcome. Top prize is £20, with all participants receiving a free copy of the latest Chess Magazine. 10% off purchases instore for all participants on the day. Time control is

Things Will Never be the Same
Things Will Never be the Same by IM Malcolm Pein from CHESS Magazine March 2019 Issue Chess will never be the same again. There’s been an earthquake and I’ve felt it. AlphaZero, the chess-playing entity that taught itself using deep reinforcement learning algorithms, is now the dominant chess-playing entity. AlphaZero

Dancing with Algorithms
Dancing with Algorithms by IM Malcolm Pein from the Daily Telegraph CHESS Magazine editor IM Malcolm Pein together with ECF President Dominic Lawson and subscriber Chris Flowers played AlphaZero months before its ground-breaking games were published in December 2018. The trio had GM David Howell as their advisor. Malcolm annotates

CHESS Magazine – May 2019: David’s Delight
CHESS Magazine – May 2019 David’s Delight: The full story of England’s Astana triumph Magazine, 60 pages All the regular features of the UK’s best-selling CHESS magazine and more! Regular features include: How Good is Your Chess? by GM Daniel King, Saunders on Chess, Find the Winning Moves, Never Mind the Grandmasters…, Studies, Home & Overseas News, Forthcoming

Book Review: Learn from Michal Krasenkow
Learn from Michal Krasenkow Paperback, 408 pages, Thinkers Publishing, RRP £29.99 Thinkers Publishing are, just like Elk and Ruby (see below), an innovative publisher working hard to bring fresh new titles to the chess public. They have several titles by players we do not often see in print. Books by

CHESS Magazine – April 2019: Gold & Silver
Gold & Silver: Luke McShane helps England to a Silver medal and picks up Gold on board 2 All the regular features of the UK’s best-selling CHESS magazine and more! Regular features include: How Good is Your Chess? by GM Daniel King, Saunders on Chess, Find the Winning Moves, Never Mind the Grandmasters…, Studies, Home & Overseas

UK Chess Challenge Harrow Mega Final: 12th April
Enter the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Harrow Mega Final now. This Mega Final is being held at Harrow High School on Friday 12th April 2019. Please make sure attendees have qualified before booking: View Rules Here are the event details: Date – 12th April 2019 Location – Harrow High School, Gayton Road,

CHESS Magazine – March 2019: Art Attack
CHESS Magazine – March 2019 Art Attack – Vladislav Artemiev shocks on the Rock All the regular features of the UK’s best-selling CHESS magazine and more! Regular features include: How Good is Your Chess? by GM Daniel King, Saunders on Chess, Find the Winning Moves, Never Mind the Grandmasters…, Studies, Home & Overseas News, Forthcoming Events Calendar and Book Reviews.

CHESS Magazine – February 2019: Speed Demon
CHESS Magazine – February 2019: Speed Demon Speed Demon – Hikaru Nakamura wins the London Chess Classic and 2018 Grand Chess Tour in final blitz game following draw epidemic All the regular features of the UK’s best-selling CHESS magazine and more! Regular features include: How Good is Your Chess? by GM Daniel

Game Changer by Matthew Sadler & Natasha Regan
Game Changer by Matthew Sadler & Natasha Regan 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. The artificial intelligence system, created by DeepMind, had been fed nothing but the rules of