Nordlandia wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 7:27 am
Each year the maximum alloted odds for engines increase as both hardware like cpu & engines get better. Now i'm curious to know what is possible the present sweet spot ? -> two pawns + move or knight for pawn with or without moving first ?
P.S. -> Namakura said few years ago than he will beat any engine in the foreseeable future with knights odds handicap. Is his claim plausible ?
1)I would like to know what is the max possible handicap that it is possible to give to engines and still draw or win.
For example let one side be latest stockfish with million nodes per move and no ponder and the opponent is allowed to use computer help and take back moves with no limit.
What is the maximal handicap that the opponent can win?
What is the maximal handicap that the opponent can draw?
I wonder what is your opinion(I guess the answer for the first question is bigger than a knight when the answer for the second question is bigger than a rook).
2)I think that it may be interesting to have a game between a strong GM and centaur with a knight handicap when the target of the centaur should be not to lose when the centaur is allowed to take back moves with no limit but need to stop the game after 6 hours for adjudication based on the final position(if there is a doubt about the result adjudication can be done simply based on the result of a comp-comp game from the final position at 90+30).
The time limit for the GM can be 90+30(when every takeback by the centaur add 30 seconds to the clock of the GM) when the centaur has no time limit but if the centaur does not get a drawn or a winning position after 6 hours then it is considered to be a win for the GM so playing too slowly is not going to be a good strategy for the centaur.
Can the GM win with knight handicap with these conditions?