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Hoping to see some live broadcast with commentary (I know I sound like a broken record, but I expect that one day the platform where one of such matches will be broadcast will be announced.) Chess.com is only interested in providing live commentary for matches with "big names", which cost real mone...

For the first time ever, an engine (Komodo, probably the MCTS nn dev. version) will play a rapid (15' + 10") knight odds match on chess.com with an I.M., namely my son Raymond Kaufman, this Saturday Jan 4 at 4 pm Eastern time. Four games are planned, alternating g1/b1 knight odds. Look for games of...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50573071 Despite his retirement, Lee Se-dol is due to play against another AI system in December. He will play against HanDol, a program developed by South Korea's NHN Entertainment Corp, which has already defeated the country's top five Go players. Lee will be...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50573071 Despite his retirement, Lee Se-dol is due to play against another AI system in December. He will play against HanDol, a program developed by South Korea's NHN Entertainment Corp, which has already defeated the country's top five Go players. Lee will be...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50573071 Despite his retirement, Lee Se-dol is due to play against another AI system in December. He will play against HanDol, a program developed by South Korea's NHN Entertainment Corp, which has already defeated the country's top five Go players. Lee will be ...

Nay Lin Tun wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:56 am

Btw, a guy in lichess has played 0.35 million games. He might be the first human in history who played > 1 million record.

.35 million is not > 1 million.

<snip> syzygy lists these. [Event "KQPvKRR"] [Site ""] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "-"] [White "Syzygy"] [Black "Syzygy"] [Result "0-1"] [FEN "1r2k3/8/2P5/8/2Q5/5r2/4K3/8 b - - 0 1"] [Annotator "shakmaty-syzygy"] [WDL "Loss"] [DTZ "-100"] [WinningMoves ""] [DrawingMoves ""] [LosingMoves "Rf1, Rf2+, ...

It seems to me that Fischer Random is working out better than I expected; I thought it would solve only the preparation problem in chess, but it seems to be doing wonders for the draw rate as well, as has already been shown in computer chess in the CCRL testing. Do you have any thoughts on why Fisc...

I recall a time when a chess engine would think all night to achieve 17 plies. How would we have defined tactical and strategic then? I think the definition is a moving target. But I would put it this way: A strategic move is made using first principles without seeing a definite win of material or ...

It seems to me that Fischer Random is working out better than I expected; I thought it would solve only the preparation problem in chess, but it seems to be doing wonders for the draw rate as well, as has already been shown in computer chess in the CCRL testing. Do you have any thoughts on why Fisc...