The book consists of two brochures. In the first, master A. Lysenko talks about one of the most important problems of a chess game - assessing the position, considers the various elements from which it consists. In the second brochure, Master of Sports E. Gik introduces the reader to computer chess, the history of their occurrence, specifics, gives the best games played by computers at the world championships among computers. For a wide range of chess lovers.