Various authors discuss historical, technical, and even the psychological aspects of chess skills.
Several chess programs are examined. Besides, it gives advice on how to play against a machine, and shows how it can help you to develop your skills. A chapter on what to look for in a chess computer proves most useful. It includes a good story of chess computer, predicts likely developments and features many full games between computers and humans, analyzed and commented with diagrams and a lot of interesting opinions by its knowledgeable author.