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You'll be surprised just how strong SF is, even at low node counts.

This is especially true with the latest version of SF. I think SF has gained incredible strength at low nodes thanks to tuning against Lc0!

Only way for black to break through is to sac his bishop for a pawn, but that seems easy enough to prevent … so obviously a draw.

This is quite interesting … there might be some surprises yet! Maybe chess DOES follow a statistical path but it just needs enough data to set that path into stone. More realistically though, I think that there will always be some permutations when statistics fall and some tactics will be missed … t...

Most likely he sees this as his next challenge as he pretty much has controlled all other forms of chess (Classical, Rapid, Blitz, Bullet). I wouldn't consider FRC "a form of chess". Yes ... maybe a more accurate description would a "chess variant". The main difference I see where Chess 960 is not ...

I think the score has nothing to do with how superior So was to Carlsen. Carlsen missed a winning position in the first game and then lost a drawn endgame ... this sort of made him over extend on the other games. My guess that this was just a bad day in the office and probably on a different day res...

Wow … new generation 64 core CPU at less than $1800 … that is getting very interesting. Should be able to put together a very nice system for less than $3500. Many new technologies coming on that are making me look towards upgrading my 8 core CPU system. New version of USB, faster memory … faster SS...

If you look at the games that LC0 was beating SF impressively … they all seemed to take advantage of a few holes in SF evaluation. Obviously SF could see that and with enough data from lost games SF was able to plug up the weaknesses. This probably exaggerated the appearance of Lc0 being a much stro...

Wow ... very nice game indeed !!!

I am not sure what you mean. Are you trying to tell me that NN engines will not play or suggest a move that is stronger than SF? If so then I think you missed the zillion games already published where SF loses to Alpha Zero or Lc0 or other NN engines ... check YouTube there are hundreds if not thou...

One thing I learned when building my own computers ... if you want to go for the latest and greatest ... get ready to work out problems. Your BIOS will need to be updated, you might get problems with compatibility with some peripherals ... so expect a lot of firmware upgrades. Now add overclocking t...