This process of developing ideas applies to many other opening and middlegame concepts, several of which were examined in these two articles. However, the point is that newer engines have a greater appreciation for such concepts, attracting the attention of top players during opening preparation, and thus increasing its popularity. For example, advancing the h-pawn to h6 in the Grunfeld (e.g., Paravyan – Wagner from the previous article) has been known for many years, long before Stockfish and AlphaZero. Have they invented new ideas or simply reintroduced old ones?įrom my work on the topic, I saw that modern engines have done both: they found new ideas and drew attention to older ideas in every popular opening system. My Games Access your games from everywhere. With Live Book and Let’s Check Still no ChessBase Account learn more > My Games Access your games from everywhere. ChessBase 16 -Rs 3149, Mega Database 2021-Rs 4999, 1 year of ChessBase Premium Account) Rs 1499, 1 year of ChessBase Magazine (6 issues of CBM) - (Rs.6996) Rs 4194, Fritz 17- Rs 2899 Opening Encyclopaedia- Rs 2999. Lastly, the originality of the newer engines’ play is an interesting discussion point. Still no ChessBase Account learn more > 8 million games online Updated weekly, our definitive database has all the latest games. If, for example, you own the Mega Database you can load the games and play through them in the board window. Among others, strategic/closed middlegames and material imbalances have shown to be difficult for older engines to handle. With ChessBase Reader 2017 you can, of course, open all other database formats in addition to the Media DVD-ROM’s. Besides providing creative and fresh opening ideas, modern engines can give insight into many types of positions that the classical ones struggled to play well in. The themes discussed in these two articles can be useful for the practical player. There are two final points regarding modern engines that I want to mention briefly: (1) practical use of these engines, and (2) the extent of their impact on chess.