
He said that one should not use engines till one is 2100-2200, and that in general we should only use them for blunder-checking after going over our own games five times! While I don't claim to possess more knowledge than IM Saravanan - whom I respect deeply for his endless knowledge about the game - I have worked enough with Fat Fritz to respectfully disagree with him on a few points. I recently watched a two-part video on what books to read in order to improve as a chess player, by the esteemed IM Venkatachalam Saravanan.
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Becoming a contributor has considerably improved my understanding of the game, as well as making me understand how to use our silicon friends to greater effect - the topic for today. Shamkir Chess in April gave me my first writing opportunity for ChessBase, ChessBase India and First Post, besides getting two of my opening surveys published in ChessBase Magazine 192 and 193. Let me start on a personal note: 2019 was a very special year for me. World Triple Crown Champion Magnus Carlsen shrugged off his abysmal 2018 to become a terminator of top class players, Anand continues to be relevant at 50, Radjabov banished the ghosts of London 2013 with his World Cup win, and Fat Fritz, an AI engine which learnt from self-play as well as the very best of human games, became commercially available.


The year 2019 was a landmark year for chess.

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