Dark Arts: What the Sports World Can Learn from Chess

Neil Paine – Senior Sportswriter, FiveThirtyEight

 

Robert Hess – Chess Grandmaster, Coach, Commentator & Writer

 

John Urschel – Mathematician & Former NFL Player

 

Daryl Morey – General Manager, Houston Rockets

 

Danny Rensch (Moderator) – Chief Chess Officer, Chess.com

 

What happens in Chess will eventually happen in all sports. Chess was the first sport to incorporate a theoretically sound rating system, Elo, that has been the foundation of most rating systems in other sports such as soccer, tennis, esports ladders, and more. In addition, AI came to chess well before any other sport and it is now changing the foundation of nearly every sport. Chess has also been first with automated cheat detection which may have been useful in another hardball sport recently. Hear chess Grandmasters, athletes, and enthusiasts weigh in on these topics and discuss the lessons the sports industry will untap in the future from chess. Additionally, don’t miss out on attendees challenging a chess Grandmaster in a live chess simulation.