Sebastian Kuhnert

Chess has seen an unprecedented boom with Chess.com growing from a few million to over 130 million users and events such as the Champions Chess Tour with the world's strongest player Magnus Carlsen viewed over 300 million times in a single year. How has this been possible? Which transformative technologies were deployed in the process? What can other businesses learn from this success story?

Blockchain, AI, VR/AR, humanized algorithms, web3: Lessons learned from some of the fastest growing sports applicable to your organization. Sebastian serves as an industry expert on this domain for a certificate programme by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT xPRO) and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Chess-playing computers have been better than human World Chess Champions for more than 20 years now. However, when DeepMind published a preprint in December 2017 (which was published in the journal Science in December 2018) about AlphaZero, a computer program based on neural networks and mastering the games of chess, shogi and go, not only the world of chess paid attention. This webinar explains recent AI developments in chess and how it impacts chess played by humans. Join Peter Heine Nielsen, Chess Grandmaster and coach of World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, and Sebastian J. Kuhnert, CEO of chess24, who will share their experience in using AI in chess and illustrate innovation in sports during COVID-19 and beyond. The webinar is moderated by Kenneth Cukier of The Economist. Key Topics: – What have been AI developments in chess since AlphaZero? – How has AI influenced and changed Magnus Carlsen’s preparation? – Has human chess become better because of AI? – How has AI been used to