TCEC S29 Superfinal

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TCEC S29 Superfinal

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After 20 games I predicted 60 - 40. Ended 59 - 41. So 2 weeks wasted power? Note, that in Division P LCZero has 50% against SF :? .
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Re: TCEC S29 Superfinal

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Is Reckless better than LCZero now?
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Re: TCEC S29 Superfinal

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Leo wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:53 am Is Reckless better than LCZero now?
Giving LCZero so much GPU power is like tying a rocket to a horse.
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Graham Banks wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:52 am
Leo wrote: Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:53 am Is Reckless better than LCZero now?
Giving LCZero so much GPU power is like tying a rocket to a horse.
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Re: TCEC S29 Superfinal

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Jouni wrote: Wed Apr 15, 2026 5:48 pm After 20 games I predicted 60 - 40. Ended 59 - 41. So 2 weeks wasted power? Note, that in Division P LCZero has 50% against SF :? .
DivisionP has small number of games so I do not count results of it so I checked previous superfinals.

LC0 did not get 50% but got better results than reckless in the superfinal(and the only engine that could get worse results than lc0 in the past is KomodoDragon).
Results of lc0 that was the loser in the last superfinals
42.5 season 28
41.5 season 27
43 season 26
48 season 25
48 season 24
41.5 season 23

I had to go to season 22 to find a worse result than Stockfish in the superfinal when Dragon got 40.5 against Stockfish
Going earlier I found lc0 got
44 season 21
47 season 20
45.5 season 19
46.5 season 18
52.5 season 17(last time stockfish did not win the superfinal)
going earlier I found
45.5 for the loser against stockfish in 54season 16 last time lc0 did not quialify and AllieStein played in the superifnal
53.5 season 15(lc0 could beat stockfish)
49.5 season 14

going earlier
45 season 13(komodo lost against stockfish)
40 season 12(komodo lost against stockfish)
41 season 11(houdini lost against stockfish)
I skip Seasion 10 when komodo lost against houdini in the superfinal
45.5 season 9(houdini lost against Stockfish)
Komodo won season 8 against Stockfish 53.5-46.5

Decided to stop here because the sueprfinal had only 64 games in season 7.