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Computers have permeated almost every facet of modern chess, yet few players know how to gain the maximum benefit from working with them. In this book, Christian Kongsted, a chess-player, journalist and computer enthusiast, provides guidance on this vital aspect of 21st century chess.

Computers function as:

• Playing partners
• Opening study tools
• Endgame 'oracles'
• Tactics trainers
• Sources of information on opponents
• Searchable game databases

Kongsted provides practical advice on how to use computers in all these ways and more. He also takes a look at the history of the chess computer, and how its 'thinking' methods have developed over the years. The book features an investigation of man vs machine contests, such as the Kasparov vs Deep Blue matches, and discusses how we can maximize our changes against the machines. However, the emphasis throughout is on how we can work with computers so as to become better and more rounded players, and thus compete more successfully against our fellow humans.

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Christian Kongsted trained as a journalist at the Danish School of Journalism, and is an experienced chess writer. His correspondence chess rating is over 2500, and his Elo rating is above 2200. He has been interested in computer chess ever since he got his first chess computer at the age of eight.

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