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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+, ...

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