I toast to LeelaqueenOdds and its creators. I raise my wine glass high and shout: Long live the queen. We have a queen!!

[Jjaw]

LILOLOLOLOL

[Father]

… There are 20 seats at the table for 20 great humans who have been invited to dinner. The dish of the year: "LeelaQueenOdds." I wonder who will start the meal first, or will they let the dinner that has been laboriously prepared by a great team that created such a delicious and wonderful recipe get cold? Today is a special day, the threshold of 100,000 dishes has been crossed. I had the opportunity to meet the queen before the 10,000th dish. Since then, the taste of the dinner is getting more delicious and better every day. Today alone, more than 3,500 guests have been served, and in my country the day has only just begun. I raise my glass and toast to such a prodigious robot and to its creators. Long live the queen!! This is the list of guests that we eagerly await in the fairy tale dream world of the prodigious robot:

1 Carlsen, Magnus
NOR
2833 1990
2 Nakamura, Hikaru
USA
2802 1987
3 Gukesh D
IND
2787 2006
4 Caruana, Fabiano
USA
2783 1992
5 Erigaisi Arjun
IND
2777 2003
6 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
UZB
2773 2004
7 Wei, Yi
CHN
2760 1999
8 Praggnanandhaa R
IND
2758 2005
9 Firouzja, Alireza
FRA
2757 2003
10 Nepomniachtchi, Ian
RUS
2753 1990
11 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
AZE
2748 1985
12 So, Wesley
USA
2748 1993
13 Aronian, Levon
USA
2748 1982
14 Anand, Viswanathan
IND
2743 1969
15 Dominguez Perez, Leinier
USA
2741 1983
16 Fedoseev, Vladimir
SLO
2739 1995
17 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
POL
2739 1998
18 Le, Quang Liem
VIE
2739 1991
19 Giri, Anish
NED
2737 1994
20 Ding, Liren
CHN
273

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¡Bienvenido, Catecan!
Hora del servidor = 15:52 (UTC+2h), 1145 jugadores
conectados
Catecan (A todos): Good day everyone. I would like to
play as a human being against chess machines a little
martch 4-10 gameas tome comtrol since 3 until 5
minutes, me without machines assistence. A few times i
hava had conection problemns in past. Thx again
Fórmula rechazada: Evaluada 5 min desde JML26
Stockfish dev-20260420-ed651aab (16 cores): 27.6
plies; 6.796kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)
Catecan - JML26 0-2
New Elo: 2423.
Tournament invitation from Padmajasareddy in room
'Club Rooms from Web > sareddychess-padmaja': .
https://match.sareddychess.com/
BadHareDay (A todos): Hello Catecan as you requested
to all I've set my formula to accept freestyle play
for you... rated and unrated.... I believe you asked
for 3-5min games... should you wish to challenge
me...I'm setup for you...
BadHareDay (A todos): you must be a very good player

BadHareDay (A todos): Good Luck
Catecan (A todos): [EMO_HAPPY] Thx you very mutch BadHareday
God bless you.

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 5 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Catecan"]
[Black "JML26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "3582"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[GameId "2302101454811226"]
[EventDate "2026.04.23"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. d4 {2} Nf6 {B 0} 2. f4 {5} d5 {B 0} 3. e3 {1} Bf5 {B 0} 4. Nf3 {1} e6 {B 0} 5. Bd3 {2} Be7 {B 0} 6. c3 {1} O-O {-0.98/34 27} 7. O-O {5} c5 {B 0} 8. a3 {2} Nc6 {B 0} 9. b4 {3} b6 {-1.40/29 12} 10. Qc2 {3 (Fd3-c2)} g6 {-1.49/26 6} 11. Re1 {3 (Dc2-d1)} c4 {-1.80/23 5} 12. Bxf5 {4} exf5 {-1.79/28 2} 13. a4 {2} a6 {-1.76/29 12} 14. Nbd2 {8 (Cf3-e5)} Bd6 {-1.93/26 7} 15. Nf1 {2 (Fc1-a3)} Kg7 {-1.93/49 11} 16. Rb1 {6 (h2-h3)} Ne4 {-1.93/30 10} 17. N3d2 {3 (Tb1-a1)} Nf6 {-1.86/31 8} 18. Nf3 {2} Rh8 {-1.87/33 3} 19. Kh1 {4 (Tb1-a1)} Ne7 {-1.95/38 16} 20. Kg1 {4 (Fc1-d2)} Qd7 {-1.97/34 6} 21. Kh1 {20 (Te1-e2)} Ne4 {-1.95/33 5} 22. Kg1 {2 (Fc1-d2)} h5 {-2.29/30 26} 23. N3d2 {5 (Cf3-e5)} h4 {-2.50/24 4} 24. Nxe4 {2 (h2-h3)} fxe4 {-2.39/28 32} 25. Re2 {49} Nf5 {-2.54/31 0} 26. Rb2 {8 (Tb1-a1)} b5 {-2.64/20 2} 27. a5 {2} Rh6 {-2.67/23 2} 28. Ra2 {3 (Rg1-f2)} g5 {-2.83/26 3} 29. fxg5 {6 (Rg1-f2)} Rg6 {-3.16/26 3} 30. Rb2 {3 (Te2-f2)} Rxg5 {-3.78/25 6} 31. Rf2 {6 (h2-h3)} Rg8 {-4.81/19 5} 32. Rxf5 {33 (Tf2-f4)} Qxf5 {-6.59/19 3} 33. Qf2 {2} Qg4 {-7.14/21 8} 34. Re2 {4 (Rg1-h1)} Kf8 {-8.56/16 2} 35. Bd2 {2 (Te2-a2)} Qf3 {-13.05/18 2 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.54s, max=0.8s)} 0-1

[/pgn]

[Father]

… There are 20 seats at the table for 20 great humans who have been invited to dinner. The dish of the year: "LeelaQueenOdds." I wonder who will start the meal first, or will they let the dinner that has been laboriously prepared by a great team that created such a delicious and wonderful recipe get cold? Today is a special day, the threshold of 100,000 dishes has been crossed. I had the opportunity to meet the queen before the 10,000th dish. Since then, the taste of the dinner is getting more delicious and better every day. Today alone, more than 3,500 guests have been served, and in my country the day has only just begun. I raise my glass and toast to such a prodigious robot and to its creators. Long live the queen!! This is the list of guests that we eagerly await in the fairy tale dream world of the prodigious robot:

1 Carlsen, Magnus
NOR
2833 1990
2 Nakamura, Hikaru
USA
2802 1987
3 Gukesh D
IND
2787 2006
4 Caruana, Fabiano
USA
2783 1992
5 Erigaisi Arjun
IND
2777 2003
6 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
UZB
2773 2004
7 Wei, Yi
CHN
2760 1999
8 Praggnanandhaa R
IND
2758 2005
9 Firouzja, Alireza
FRA
2757 2003
10 Nepomniachtchi, Ian
RUS
2753 1990
11 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
AZE
2748 1985
12 So, Wesley
USA
2748 1993
13 Aronian, Levon
USA
2748 1982
14 Anand, Viswanathan
IND
2743 1969
15 Dominguez Perez, Leinier
USA
2741 1983
16 Fedoseev, Vladimir
SLO
2739 1995
17 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
POL
2739 1998
18 Le, Quang Liem
VIE
2739 1991
19 Giri, Anish
NED
2737 1994
20 Ding, Liren
CHN
273

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¡Bienvenido, Catecan!
Hora del servidor = 15:52 (UTC+2h), 1145 jugadores
conectados
Catecan (A todos): Good day everyone. I would like to
play as a human being against chess machines a little
martch 4-10 gameas tome comtrol since 3 until 5
minutes, me without machines assistence. A few times i
hava had conection problemns in past. Thx again
Fórmula rechazada: Evaluada 5 min desde JML26
Stockfish dev-20260420-ed651aab (16 cores): 27.6
plies; 6.796kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)
Catecan - JML26 0-2
New Elo: 2423.
Tournament invitation from Padmajasareddy in room
'Club Rooms from Web > sareddychess-padmaja': .
https://match.sareddychess.com/
BadHareDay (A todos): Hello Catecan as you requested
to all I've set my formula to accept freestyle play
for you... rated and unrated.... I believe you asked
for 3-5min games... should you wish to challenge
me...I'm setup for you...
BadHareDay (A todos): you must be a very good player

BadHareDay (A todos): Good Luck
Catecan (A todos): [EMO_HAPPY] Thx you very mutch BadHareday
God bless you.

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 5 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Catecan"]
[Black "JML26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "3582"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[GameId "2302101454811226"]
[EventDate "2026.04.23"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. d4 {2} Nf6 {B 0} 2. f4 {5} d5 {B 0} 3. e3 {1} Bf5 {B 0} 4. Nf3 {1} e6 {B 0} 5. Bd3 {2} Be7 {B 0} 6. c3 {1} O-O {-0.98/34 27} 7. O-O {5} c5 {B 0} 8. a3 {2} Nc6 {B 0} 9. b4 {3} b6 {-1.40/29 12} 10. Qc2 {3 (Fd3-c2)} g6 {-1.49/26 6} 11. Re1 {3 (Dc2-d1)} c4 {-1.80/23 5} 12. Bxf5 {4} exf5 {-1.79/28 2} 13. a4 {2} a6 {-1.76/29 12} 14. Nbd2 {8 (Cf3-e5)} Bd6 {-1.93/26 7} 15. Nf1 {2 (Fc1-a3)} Kg7 {-1.93/49 11} 16. Rb1 {6 (h2-h3)} Ne4 {-1.93/30 10} 17. N3d2 {3 (Tb1-a1)} Nf6 {-1.86/31 8} 18. Nf3 {2} Rh8 {-1.87/33 3} 19. Kh1 {4 (Tb1-a1)} Ne7 {-1.95/38 16} 20. Kg1 {4 (Fc1-d2)} Qd7 {-1.97/34 6} 21. Kh1 {20 (Te1-e2)} Ne4 {-1.95/33 5} 22. Kg1 {2 (Fc1-d2)} h5 {-2.29/30 26} 23. N3d2 {5 (Cf3-e5)} h4 {-2.50/24 4} 24. Nxe4 {2 (h2-h3)} fxe4 {-2.39/28 32} 25. Re2 {49} Nf5 {-2.54/31 0} 26. Rb2 {8 (Tb1-a1)} b5 {-2.64/20 2} 27. a5 {2} Rh6 {-2.67/23 2} 28. Ra2 {3 (Rg1-f2)} g5 {-2.83/26 3} 29. fxg5 {6 (Rg1-f2)} Rg6 {-3.16/26 3} 30. Rb2 {3 (Te2-f2)} Rxg5 {-3.78/25 6} 31. Rf2 {6 (h2-h3)} Rg8 {-4.81/19 5} 32. Rxf5 {33 (Tf2-f4)} Qxf5 {-6.59/19 3} 33. Qf2 {2} Qg4 {-7.14/21 8} 34. Re2 {4 (Rg1-h1)} Kf8 {-8.56/16 2} 35. Bd2 {2 (Te2-a2)} Qf3 {-13.05/18 2 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.54s, max=0.8s)} 0-1

[/pgn]

Motor Stockfis 18
Tournament mode

[pgn][Event "Blitz 3min"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.04.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PabloIgnaciocayetano"]
[Black "Partida evaluada"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[GameId "2303619535351945"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1. d4 {0} d5 {0} 2. f4 {5} a6 {3} 3. e3 {1} e6 {1} 4. Nf3 {2} c5 {4} 5. c3 {2} b5 {3} 6. Bd3 {16} c4 {3} 7. Bc2 {4} Nf6 {3} 8. a3 {5} Qc7 {1} 9. O-O {5} Be7 {3} 10. Re1 {2} Nbd7 {2} 11. Nbd2 {9} Bb7 {4} 12. Nf1 {2} Ne4 {4} 13. Re2 {1} f5 {3} 14. g3 {1} O-O-O {3} 15. Rg2 {1} a5 {3} 16. Qe1 {0} Rdg8 {3} 17. Qd1 {1} h6 {1} 18. Qe2 {1} g5 {1} 19. Bd2 {1} g4 {1} 20. Nh4 {2} Kb8 {1} 21. Be1 {2} Nb6 {3} 22. Bd1 {2} h5 {1} 23. Rc1 {2} Qd7 {1} 24. Rc2 {2} Rh7 {2} 25. Rc1 {2} Bd8 {2} 26. Rc2 {1} a4 {2} 27. Rc1 {1} Nc8 {3} 28. Rc2 {1} Qe7 {2} 29. Kh1 {1} Qf8 {1} 30. Kg1 {1} Qh6 {1} 31. Kh1 {1} Be7 {1} 32. Kg1 {1} Qf6 {1} 33. Kh1 {1} Qf8 {2} 34. Kg1 {1} Bc6 {1} 35. Kh1 {1} Rgg7 {1} 36. Kg1 {1} Ned6 {0} 37. Kh1 {1} Bb7 {1} 38. Kg1 {0} Rh6 {2} 39. Kh1 {0} Ka8 {2} 40. Kg1 {0} Qh8 {2} 41. Kh1 {0} Qf8 {1} 42. Kg1 {1} Bd8 {2} 43. Kh1 {1} Qe7 {1} 44. Kg1 {1} Na7 {2} 45. Kh1 {1} Rg8 {2} 46. Kg1 {1} Nac8 {1} 47. Kh1 {0} Rg7 {1} 48. Kg1 {1} Bc7 {1} 49. Kh1 {1} Qf8 {1} 50. Kg1 {1} Bd8 {2} 51. Kh1 {0} Qe7 {1} 52. Kg1 {0} Qe8 {7} 1/2-1/2

[/pgn]

[Father]

The queen odds net is available, check on Leela Discord to see how to get it.

It is unavailable to the public because I can't access Discord:



Why is it a private net and not readily available to download as a public link? Why don't these nets appear at https://lczero.org/dev/wiki/best-nets-for-lc0/ ? It claims to feature the best nets but the best are obviously the LeelaQueenOdds nets and they don't appear in the page.

I wish now that people work on OpenLeelaQueenOdds weights that are shared openly and that people can use offline or continue training at home, and that people move from the current solution to open ones that have public links and not hoops people have to jump through to use. Imagine how far Stockfish would have gotten if the source could only have been downloaded from some private link on Discord, this is like one step forward, two steps back.

What if I want to see how badly LeelaQueenOdds destroys me from a normal chess game instead of queen odds? It's the strongest chess entity against humans but I can't play it in normal chess because the bot refuses my challenges? What if I want to analyze some chess position with it to know that's the trickiest continuation? Why are the doors closed?

The way has been shown, we need someone that opens the project to help the community as much as possible instead of only helping the interests of the creators of LeelaQueenOdds.

I have no idea why you can't get on Discord to get the net, I have no connection with Discord other than belonging to this Leela group. However I'll say that when you do finally get the queen odds net (which is public), you will be disappointed if you try to use it for normal chess. It was trained specifically to be strong at giving queen odds to humans of queen odds level (roughly FM level in blitz), and it is only really good at odds fairly close to that, like rook and knight or queen for knight. There is likely to be an upgrade to a new queen odds net very soon. We have no concerns about it being public, but the net used for knight odds and rook odds remains private as in this case we do have such concerns and also don't want to deprive the world of seeing the games GMs play against them. For standard chess I recommend just using a top-end Leela net with a high Contempt setting, that should be better for the purpose of how best to beat top human GMs in standard chess.

I also get the same error unable to accept invite when I try the invite link in this link
https://lczero.org/about/community/

Edit:It seems it did not remember my passward after not using discord for a long time and I could fix the problem and could get into discord.

Blancas: Pablo Ignacio Restrepo
Negras: Modulo Stockfish 18
Modo: Torneo
Lugar: En el escritorio contra el ordenador.

[pgn][Event "Blitz 5min"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Partida evaluada"]
[Black "Pablo Ignacio "]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[GameId "2304417516151082"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. d4 {0} d5 {2} 2. Nf3 {0} e6 {1} 3. e3 {1} f5 {1} 4. a4 {5} Nf6 {0} 5. c4 {7} c6 {0} 6. a5 {5} Bd6 {0} 7. Be2 {6} O-O {0} 8. Nbd2 {7} a6 {2} 9. Qc2 {2} Qe7 {2} 10. c5 {3} Bc7 {2} 11. b4 {5} Nbd7 {2} 12. g3 {4} g6 {2} 13. Bb2 {2} Rf7 {3} 14. Rg1 {4} Rg7 {2} 15. Ne5 {2} Nf8 {2} 16. Rg2 {4} Bd7 {1} 17. f3 {2} Be8 {1} 18. O-O-O {6} Rc8 {3} 19. h4 {2} Kh8 {3} 20. g4 {1} Kg8 {2} 21. g5 {3} Nh5 {1} 22. f4 {2} Bd8 {4} 23. Qc3 {5} Ra8 {1} 24. Rdg1 {5} Rb8 {1} 25. Qb3 {5} Ra8 {1} 26. Nd3 {3} Rb8 {1} 27. Bd1 {2} Ra8 {1} 28. Kc2 {5} Rb8 {1} 29. Kb1 {1} Ra8 {1} 30. Qa4 {2} Rb8 {1} 31. Nf3 {2} Ra8 {1} 32. Ka1 {2} Rb8 {1} 33. Rh2 {5} Ra8 {0} 34. Qc2 {2} Rb8 {0} 35. Qg2 {1} Ra8 {1} 36. Nc1 {5} Rb8 {0} 37. Qf1 {2} Ra8 {0} 38. Qe2 {2} Rb8 {0} 39. Qd2 {3} Ra8 {1} 40. Qf2 {0} Rb8 {0} 41. Rgg2 {1} Ra8 {1} 42. Qe1 {1} Rb8 {0} 43. Ne5 {3} Nd7 {6} 44. Ned3 {2} Nf8 {1} 45. Qf2 {3} Ra8 {0} 46. Qd2 {3} Rb8 {1} 47. Qe1 {1} Ra8 {0} 48. Be2 {1} Rb8 {1} 49. Qh1 {2} Ra8 {0} 50. Qf1 {2} Rb8 {0} 51. Rg1 {2} Ra8 {1} 52. Bd1 {4} Rb8 {1} 53. Rh3 {2} Ra8 {1} 54. Rgh1 {3} Rb8 {1} 55. Qg2 {1} Ra8 {1} 56. R3h2 {3} Rb8 {1} 57. Bb3 {3} Ra8 {1} 58. Qh3 {1} Rb8 {1} 59. Qg2 {2} Ra8 {1} 60. Qh3 {1} Rb8 {1} 61. Qg2 {2} 1/2-1/2

[/pgn]

[Father]

LILOLOLOLOL

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Reconectado con éxito (Catecan), N=34 and closed
other session.
Restart Game: JML26 - Catecan
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 29.8
plies; 6.248kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)
New Elo: 2422.
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 26.2
plies; 6.977kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)


Good morning, Mr. Larry Kaufman. Good morning to the entire chess and computer community. Today I want to share a game I played in the Playchess computer room against the brand-new Stockfish 18. I played with the black pieces, and although I lost, I see it as a victory for experience and learning. This match reminds me of my youth and the incredible fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle." I couldn't resist and knock out the giant like Ali did; the great bear finally devoured me, but I did the best I could in my scant five minutes of life. The giant—the machine—unlike the legendary George Foreman, took its time, and with strategic mastery, reduced my position without needing to force the king out of my seemingly impenetrable queenside refuge. The king would be forced to watch his kingdom crumble, preserving his own integrity, but not that of his subjects. Today, as I travel the roads in my thoughts on my beloved horse, Catecan, I wonder what our limits are... the limit of the struggle between human imagination and icy algorithms. When I sleep, my brain remains active; when the machines are turned off, they pass from one nothingness to another. "Man suffers greatly while he is bound to this mortal body. Life is hard, but interesting, and worth living." Thank you, life, thank you for life. Thank you to all the programmers and contributors to the world of computing, from Alan Turing to the probable and necessary future ones, to the free and unfathomable ones, the latter accessible only to our Programmer.

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 5 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.04.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "JML26"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1223"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[GameId "2304622055669781"]
[EventDate "2026.04.30"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 {B 0} c6 {1} 2. d4 {B 0} d5 {1} 3. e5 {B 0} e6 {1} 4. c3 {B 0} a6 {1} 5. b4 {B 0} b5 {1} 6. a4 {B 0} Bb7 {2} 7. a5 {1.87/27 18 Catecan reconnected. (0 secs)} Ra7 {3 (c6-c5)} 8. Nf3 {2.23/30 23} Bc8 {3 (f7-f6)} 9. Bf4 {2.33/27 21} h6 {31 (Re8-d7)} 10. h4 {2.49/36 5} Kd7 {4 (h6-h5)} 11. h5 {2.72/30 5} Kc7 {1 (Cg8-e7)} 12. Bd3 {2.72/33 7} Kb7 {1 (Cg8-e7)} 13. Nbd2 {2.70/27 4} Ka8 {1 (Cg8-e7)} 14. Nb3 {2.85/24 5} Qe8 {2 (Cg8-e7)} 15. Qd2 {2.79/31 21} Nd7 {3 (g7-g5)} 16. O-O-O {3.02/30 5} Rc7 {3 (Ff8-e7)} 17. Kb2 {3.03/30 15} Ra7 {2 (Fc8-b7)} 18. Bc2 {3.11/26 6} Rc7 {3} 19. Rh3 {3.10/35 22} Ra7 {3 (Cg8-e7)} 20. Qe2 {3.16/25 4} Rc7 {2 (Cg8-e7)} 21. Ne1 {3.26/29 8} Ra7 {2 (Cg8-e7)} 22. Nd3 {3.28/28 5} Rc7 {2 (Cg8-e7)} 23. Bd2 {3.29/30 13} Ra7 {2 (Ff8-e7)} 24. Re1 {3.26/26 8} Rc7 {2} 25. Rf1 {3.28/30 9} Ra7 {2 (Ff8-e7)} 26. g4 {3.53/26 14} Rc7 {2 (Ff8-e7)} 27. f4 {3.64/22 3} Nb8 {4 (Ff8-e7)} 28. f5 {3.94/20 3} Ka7 {4 (e6xf5)} 29. Qh2 {4.45/24 4} Ka8 {17 (c6-c5)} 30. Rhf3 {4.58/22 3} Ra7 {3 (De8-d8)} 31. Nf4 {4.63/21 2} Rc7 {3 (e6xf5)} 32. fxe6 {5.86/20 3} Bxe6 {2} 33. Ng6 {5.95/20 0} fxg6 {15 (Ff8xb4)} 34. Rxf8 {7.19/18 3} Qe7 {10} 35. hxg6 {7.82/21 0} Rc8 {2 (Ra8-a7)} 36. Rxc8 {8.10/17 2} Bxc8 {3} 37. Rf7 {8.30/19 0 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=2.73s, max=73.2s)} 1-0

[/pgn]

[Father]

LILOLOLOLOL

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Reconectado con éxito (Catecan), N=34 and closed
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Restart Game: JML26 - Catecan
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 29.8
plies; 6.248kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)
New Elo: 2422.
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 26.2
plies; 6.977kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)


Good morning, Mr. Larry Kaufman. Good morning to the entire chess and computer community. Today I want to share a game I played in the Playchess computer room against the brand-new Stockfish 18. I played with the black pieces, and although I lost, I see it as a victory for experience and learning. This match reminds me of my youth and the incredible fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle." I couldn't resist and knock out the giant like Ali did; the great bear finally devoured me, but I did the best I could in my scant five minutes of life. The giant—the machine—unlike the legendary George Foreman, took its time, and with strategic mastery, reduced my position without needing to force the king out of my seemingly impenetrable queenside refuge. The king would be forced to watch his kingdom crumble, preserving his own integrity, but not that of his subjects. Today, as I travel the roads in my thoughts on my beloved horse, Catecan, I wonder what our limits are... the limit of the struggle between human imagination and icy algorithms. When I sleep, my brain remains active; when the machines are turned off, they pass from one nothingness to another. "Man suffers greatly while he is bound to this mortal body. Life is hard, but interesting, and worth living." Thank you, life, thank you for life. Thank you to all the programmers and contributors to the world of computing, from Alan Turing to the probable and necessary future ones, to the free and unfathomable ones, the latter accessible only to our Programmer.

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 5 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.04.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "JML26"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1223"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[GameId "2304622055669781"]
[EventDate "2026.04.30"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 {B 0} c6 {1} 2. d4 {B 0} d5 {1} 3. e5 {B 0} e6 {1} 4. c3 {B 0} a6 {1} 5. b4 {B 0} b5 {1} 6. a4 {B 0} Bb7 {2} 7. a5 {1.87/27 18 Catecan reconnected. (0 secs)} Ra7 {3 (c6-c5)} 8. Nf3 {2.23/30 23} Bc8 {3 (f7-f6)} 9. Bf4 {2.33/27 21} h6 {31 (Re8-d7)} 10. h4 {2.49/36 5} Kd7 {4 (h6-h5)} 11. h5 {2.72/30 5} Kc7 {1 (Cg8-e7)} 12. Bd3 {2.72/33 7} Kb7 {1 (Cg8-e7)} 13. Nbd2 {2.70/27 4} Ka8 {1 (Cg8-e7)} 14. Nb3 {2.85/24 5} Qe8 {2 (Cg8-e7)} 15. Qd2 {2.79/31 21} Nd7 {3 (g7-g5)} 16. O-O-O {3.02/30 5} Rc7 {3 (Ff8-e7)} 17. Kb2 {3.03/30 15} Ra7 {2 (Fc8-b7)} 18. Bc2 {3.11/26 6} Rc7 {3} 19. Rh3 {3.10/35 22} Ra7 {3 (Cg8-e7)} 20. Qe2 {3.16/25 4} Rc7 {2 (Cg8-e7)} 21. Ne1 {3.26/29 8} Ra7 {2 (Cg8-e7)} 22. Nd3 {3.28/28 5} Rc7 {2 (Cg8-e7)} 23. Bd2 {3.29/30 13} Ra7 {2 (Ff8-e7)} 24. Re1 {3.26/26 8} Rc7 {2} 25. Rf1 {3.28/30 9} Ra7 {2 (Ff8-e7)} 26. g4 {3.53/26 14} Rc7 {2 (Ff8-e7)} 27. f4 {3.64/22 3} Nb8 {4 (Ff8-e7)} 28. f5 {3.94/20 3} Ka7 {4 (e6xf5)} 29. Qh2 {4.45/24 4} Ka8 {17 (c6-c5)} 30. Rhf3 {4.58/22 3} Ra7 {3 (De8-d8)} 31. Nf4 {4.63/21 2} Rc7 {3 (e6xf5)} 32. fxe6 {5.86/20 3} Bxe6 {2} 33. Ng6 {5.95/20 0} fxg6 {15 (Ff8xb4)} 34. Rxf8 {7.19/18 3} Qe7 {10} 35. hxg6 {7.82/21 0} Rc8 {2 (Ra8-a7)} 36. Rxc8 {8.10/17 2} Bxc8 {3} 37. Rf7 {8.30/19 0 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=2.73s, max=73.2s)} 1-0

[/pgn]

The question then would be... Could these basic approaches be polished with the same computer consultation help and raise the difficulty of the fight against the computer a notch higher?

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 5 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Catecan"]
[Black "King-Juggernaut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "3629"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[GameId "2305105127026751"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. d4 {3} d5 {B 0} 2. f4 {1} c5 {B 0} 3. e3 {2} Nc6 {B 0} 4. Nf3 {2} Bg4 {B 0} 5. c3 {2} e6 {B 0} 6. Be2 {3} Bd6 {B 0} 7. O-O {2} Nf6 {B 0} 8. Ne5 {2} Bxe2 {B 0} 9. Nxc6 {17} Bxd1 {-1.39/32 12} 10. Nxd8 {3} Rxd8 {-1.43/30 1} 11. Rxd1 {3} h5 {-1.47/32 5} 12. Rf1 {8} h4 {-1.64/33 0} 13. Nd2 {3} h3 {-1.69/33 6} 14. g3 {3} Ng4 {-1.78/33 7} 15. Re1 {3 (Nf3)} f6 {-2.13/28 5} 16. Nf3 {2} e5 {-2.48/25 3} 17. Bd2 {6 (dxe5)} e4 {-2.96/27 5} 18. Nh4 {2} Kf7 {-3.16/29 2} 19. Nf5 {10 (dxc5)} Bf8 {-3.64/28 6 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.84s, max=1.0s)} 0-1

[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 5 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King-Juggernaut"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "3629"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[GameId "2305105778110529"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 {B 0} c6 {1} 2. d4 {B 0} d5 {1} 3. e5 {B 0} e6 {1} 4. Nf3 {B 0} a6 {1} 5. Bd3 {1.00/42 55} h6 {4 (c5)} 6. c3 {1.23/38 19} b5 {3 (Ne7)} 7. O-O {1.63/27 3} Ra7 {10 (Qc7)} 8. a4 {2.08/30 8} Qb6 {2 (Qc7)} 9. b4 {2.11/28 5} Bd7 {3 (a5)} 10. Na3 {2.37/29 5} Kd8 {5 (Ne7)} 11. Nd2 {2.55/27 3} Ke8 {2 (Qc7)} 12. Nb3 {2.91/29 4} g6 {4 (Bc8)} 13. Nc5 {3.05/33 7} Bxc5 {2 (Ne7)} 14. bxc5 {3.37/30 3} Qc7 {2} 15. Bd2 {3.40/28 1} Rh7 {9 (Kf8)} 16. Qf3 {3.75/27 3} Bc8 {4 (Rb7)} 17. Nc2 {3.90/27 3} Rg7 {7 (bxa4)} 18. Ne3 {4.04/30 5} Rh7 {5 (h5)} 19. Ng4 {4.25/27 5} Qd7 {2 (Nd7)} 20. Nf6+ {5.61/22 5} Nxf6 {2} 21. exf6 {5.68/20 0} Kf8 {13 (Qb7)} 22. Qg3 {6.89/24 3} Rb7 {3} 23. Bf4 {7.23/28 3 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.90s, max=1.2s)} 1-0

[/pgn]

...

[Father]

LILOLOLOLOL

Gestionando playserver.chessbase.com
Base de Internet
Conectar
Reconectado con éxito (Catecan), N=34 and closed
other session.
Restart Game: JML26 - Catecan
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 29.8
plies; 6.248kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)
New Elo: 2422.
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 26.2
plies; 6.977kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)


Good morning, Mr. Larry Kaufman. Good morning to the entire chess and computer community. Today I want to share a game I played in the Playchess computer room against the brand-new Stockfish 18. I played with the black pieces, and although I lost, I see it as a victory for experience and learning. This match reminds me of my youth and the incredible fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle." I couldn't resist and knock out the giant like Ali did; the great bear finally devoured me, but I did the best I could in my scant five minutes of life. The giant—the machine—unlike the legendary George Foreman, took its time, and with strategic mastery, reduced my position without needing to force the king out of my seemingly impenetrable queenside refuge. The king would be forced to watch his kingdom crumble, preserving his own integrity, but not that of his subjects. Today, as I travel the roads in my thoughts on my beloved horse, Catecan, I wonder what our limits are... the limit of the struggle between human imagination and icy algorithms. When I sleep, my brain remains active; when the machines are turned off, they pass from one nothingness to another. "Man suffers greatly while he is bound to this mortal body. Life is hard, but interesting, and worth living." Thank you, life, thank you for life. Thank you to all the programmers and contributors to the world of computing, from Alan Turing to the probable and necessary future ones, to the free and unfathomable ones, the latter accessible only to our Programmer.

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 16 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ijccrllivearena"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[GameId "2305185415393286"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "960"]

1. d4 {B 0} d5 {2} 2. Bf4 {B 0} e6 {1} 3. Nf3 {B 0} f5 {1} 4. e3 {0.98/38 132} Nf6 {3} 5. c4 {1.01/28 6} Bd6 {3} 6. Nc3 {1.00/29 14} c6 {3 (0-0)} 7. Bd3 {1.26/31 44} O-O {7 (Ce4)} 8. O-O {1.29/34 70} Re8 {6 (Ce4)} 9. Qc2 {1.34/30 60} g6 {9 (Ce4)} 10. Ne2 {1.34/30 29} Qe7 {10 (Axf4)} 11. c5 {1.82/25 12} Bc7 {4} 12. h3 {1.86/27 11} Qd8 {4 (a5)} 13. b4 {1.85/24 14} a6 {17 (Cbd7)} 14. a4 {2.42/26 12} Nbd7 {29 (Axf4)} 15. b5 {2.40/22 21} Nb8 {11 (e5)} 16. b6 {2.55/27 11} Bxf4 {6} 17. exf4 {2.52/28 7} Nbd7 {7 (Te7)} 18. Qd2 {2.55/31 46} Re7 {8} 19. Kh2 {2.61/29 17} Nf8 {4 (Tg7)} 20. g3 {2.63/29 12} Bd7 {6 (Tg7)} 21. Rg1 {2.58/29 13} Rg7 {5} 22. Qe3 {2.54/30 11} Qb8 {5 (Ae8)} 23. Nc1 {2.71/29 57} Be8 {16} 24. Nb3 {2.73/26 0} Qc8 {12 (Ce4)} 25. Na5 {2.79/31 41} Kh8 {8 (h5)} 26. Rae1 {2.85/27 8} Kg8 {4 (Cg8)} 27. Ne5 {2.86/27 9} Kh8 {43 (h5)} 28. g4 {2.96/24 9} Kg8 {4 (h6)} 29. Qg3 {2.92/28 7} Ne4 {111 (Dd8)} 30. Bxe4 {3.72/31 16} dxe4 {27 (fxe4)} 31. Nac4 {3.98/20 8} Nd7 {130 (Dd8)} 32. Nd6 {5.32/23 10} Nxe5 {15 (Dd8)} 33. Nxc8 {5.62/19 7} Nf3+ {2} 34. Qxf3 {5.72/21 11} exf3 {27} 35. Nd6 {6.00/26 0} Re7 {98 (fxg4)} 36. gxf5 {7.23/22 8 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.97s, max=1.8s)} 1-0

[/pgn]

[Father]

LILOLOLOLOL

Gestionando playserver.chessbase.com
Base de Internet
Conectar
Reconectado con éxito (Catecan), N=34 and closed
other session.
Restart Game: JML26 - Catecan
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 29.8
plies; 6.248kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)
New Elo: 2422.
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 26.2
plies; 6.977kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)


Good morning, Mr. Larry Kaufman. Good morning to the entire chess and computer community. Today I want to share a game I played in the Playchess computer room against the brand-new Stockfish 18. I played with the black pieces, and although I lost, I see it as a victory for experience and learning. This match reminds me of my youth and the incredible fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle." I couldn't resist and knock out the giant like Ali did; the great bear finally devoured me, but I did the best I could in my scant five minutes of life. The giant—the machine—unlike the legendary George Foreman, took its time, and with strategic mastery, reduced my position without needing to force the king out of my seemingly impenetrable queenside refuge. The king would be forced to watch his kingdom crumble, preserving his own integrity, but not that of his subjects. Today, as I travel the roads in my thoughts on my beloved horse, Catecan, I wonder what our limits are... the limit of the struggle between human imagination and icy algorithms. When I sleep, my brain remains active; when the machines are turned off, they pass from one nothingness to another. "Man suffers greatly while he is bound to this mortal body. Life is hard, but interesting, and worth living." Thank you, life, thank you for life. Thank you to all the programmers and contributors to the world of computing, from Alan Turing to the probable and necessary future ones, to the free and unfathomable ones, the latter accessible only to our Programmer.

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 16 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ijccrllivearena"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[GameId "2305185415393286"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "960"]

1. d4 {B 0} d5 {2} 2. Bf4 {B 0} e6 {1} 3. Nf3 {B 0} f5 {1} 4. e3 {0.98/38 132} Nf6 {3} 5. c4 {1.01/28 6} Bd6 {3} 6. Nc3 {1.00/29 14} c6 {3 (0-0)} 7. Bd3 {1.26/31 44} O-O {7 (Ce4)} 8. O-O {1.29/34 70} Re8 {6 (Ce4)} 9. Qc2 {1.34/30 60} g6 {9 (Ce4)} 10. Ne2 {1.34/30 29} Qe7 {10 (Axf4)} 11. c5 {1.82/25 12} Bc7 {4} 12. h3 {1.86/27 11} Qd8 {4 (a5)} 13. b4 {1.85/24 14} a6 {17 (Cbd7)} 14. a4 {2.42/26 12} Nbd7 {29 (Axf4)} 15. b5 {2.40/22 21} Nb8 {11 (e5)} 16. b6 {2.55/27 11} Bxf4 {6} 17. exf4 {2.52/28 7} Nbd7 {7 (Te7)} 18. Qd2 {2.55/31 46} Re7 {8} 19. Kh2 {2.61/29 17} Nf8 {4 (Tg7)} 20. g3 {2.63/29 12} Bd7 {6 (Tg7)} 21. Rg1 {2.58/29 13} Rg7 {5} 22. Qe3 {2.54/30 11} Qb8 {5 (Ae8)} 23. Nc1 {2.71/29 57} Be8 {16} 24. Nb3 {2.73/26 0} Qc8 {12 (Ce4)} 25. Na5 {2.79/31 41} Kh8 {8 (h5)} 26. Rae1 {2.85/27 8} Kg8 {4 (Cg8)} 27. Ne5 {2.86/27 9} Kh8 {43 (h5)} 28. g4 {2.96/24 9} Kg8 {4 (h6)} 29. Qg3 {2.92/28 7} Ne4 {111 (Dd8)} 30. Bxe4 {3.72/31 16} dxe4 {27 (fxe4)} 31. Nac4 {3.98/20 8} Nd7 {130 (Dd8)} 32. Nd6 {5.32/23 10} Nxe5 {15 (Dd8)} 33. Nxc8 {5.62/19 7} Nf3+ {2} 34. Qxf3 {5.72/21 11} exf3 {27} 35. Nd6 {6.00/26 0} Re7 {98 (fxg4)} 36. gxf5 {7.23/22 8 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.97s, max=1.8s)} 1-0

[/pgn]

Fórmula rechazada: Evaluada 5 min desde Detlef Uter Fórmula rechazada: Evaluada 5 min desde Hippo100 Fórmula rechazada: Evaluada 5 min desde Desvelemosafrica Sky II-avx2 (126 threads): 28.7 plies; 26.275kN/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core Processor 2900MHz, (64 cores, 128 threads) New Elo: 2422. Sky II-avx2 (126 threads): 41.1 plies; 28.480kN/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core Processor 2900MHz, (64 cores, 128 threads)

El cantico de Catecan

Father: I see a light in the sky.
Catecan: That illuminates your path.
Father: "Take your wooden sword."
Catecan: "And face your enemy."
Father: "Take your bow and arrow
and launch it into the heavens.
Your arrow is your ideals
and it doesn't matter where it will fall.
They are not windmills
they are the hairy monsters,
together you and I will continue
without the world's approval.
Our board is the field
our bishops the trees
the streams are the rooks
you and I together the knights,
the highest mountain the queen,
and salvation the sky.

Pablo Ignacio Restrepo

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 5 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.05.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Detlef Uter"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "3643"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[GameId "2305368862314502"]
[EventDate "2026.05.02"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 {B 0} c6 {1} 2. d4 {B 0} d5 {1} 3. e5 {B 0} e6 {5} 4. c3 {B 0} a6 {0} 5. b4 {1.03/38 57} b5 {3 (b6)} 6. a4 {1.59/28 5} Bb7 {38 (a5)} 7. a5 {1.91/28 4} Ra7 {23 (c5)} 8. Bd3 {2.26/34 40} Bc8 {46} 9. h4 {2.36/35 0} Kd7 {8 (f6)} 10. Bg5 {2.39/28 4} Be7 {2 (e8)} 11. Nd2 {2.48/32 11} Kc7 {1} 12. Qg4 {2.36/36 8} g6 {4 (f8)} 13. Nb3 {2.41/32 16} h6 {10 (d7)} 14. Bxe7 {2.98/21 2} Qxe7 {2 (xe7)} 15. h5 {3.25/23 3} g5 {2} 16. Qg3 {3.31/23 0} Kb7 {10} 17. f4 {3.51/27 0} Ka8 {4} 18. Nf3 {3.56/27 0} f6 {12 (g4)} 19. exf6 {3.80/25 5} Nxf6 {8} 20. fxg5 {4.01/21 0} hxg5 {2} 21. Qxg5 {4.04/20 0} Rg8 {7 (e5)} 22. Bg6 {4.38/20 4} Nbd7 {30 (g7)} 23. Ne5 {4.69/18 4} Nxe5 {4 (g7)} 24. dxe5 {5.02/22 4} Ne4 {7 (h7)} 25. Qxe7 {5.34/17 5} Rxe7 {2} 26. O-O {5.45/16 0} Reg7 {17 (g3)} 27. Rf3 {5.78/19 7} Rxg6 {9 (h8)} 28. hxg6 {6.66/18 4} Rxg6 {1} 29. Rf8 {6.91/19 1} Kb8 {1} 30. Raf1 {7.17/20 2} Nxc3 {11 (g3)} 31. R1f7 {#13/53 2} Nd1 {5 (e2+)} 32. Nc5 {#5/245 0} Ne3 {2 (xg2+)} 33. Nxa6+ {#2/245 0 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.90s, max=1.6s)} 1-0

[/pgn]

[Father]

LILOLOLOLOL

Gestionando playserver.chessbase.com
Base de Internet
Conectar
Reconectado con éxito (Catecan), N=34 and closed
other session.
Restart Game: JML26 - Catecan
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 29.8
plies; 6.248kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)
New Elo: 2422.
Stockfish dev-20260426-1a882efc (16 cores): 26.2
plies; 6.977kN/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
3400MHz, (16 cores, 32 threads)


Good morning, Mr. Larry Kaufman. Good morning to the entire chess and computer community. Today I want to share a game I played in the Playchess computer room against the brand-new Stockfish 18. I played with the black pieces, and although I lost, I see it as a victory for experience and learning. This match reminds me of my youth and the incredible fight between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali on October 30, 1974, in Kinshasa, Zaire, "The Rumble in the Jungle." I couldn't resist and knock out the giant like Ali did; the great bear finally devoured me, but I did the best I could in my scant five minutes of life. The giant—the machine—unlike the legendary George Foreman, took its time, and with strategic mastery, reduced my position without needing to force the king out of my seemingly impenetrable queenside refuge. The king would be forced to watch his kingdom crumble, preserving his own integrity, but not that of his subjects. Today, as I travel the roads in my thoughts on my beloved horse, Catecan, I wonder what our limits are... the limit of the struggle between human imagination and icy algorithms. When I sleep, my brain remains active; when the machines are turned off, they pass from one nothingness to another. "Man suffers greatly while he is bound to this mortal body. Life is hard, but interesting, and worth living." Thank you, life, thank you for life. Thank you to all the programmers and contributors to the world of computing, from Alan Turing to the probable and necessary future ones, to the free and unfathomable ones, the latter accessible only to our Programmer.

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 16 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ijccrllivearena"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[GameId "2305185415393286"]
[EventDate "2026.05.01"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "960"]

1. d4 {B 0} d5 {2} 2. Bf4 {B 0} e6 {1} 3. Nf3 {B 0} f5 {1} 4. e3 {0.98/38 132} Nf6 {3} 5. c4 {1.01/28 6} Bd6 {3} 6. Nc3 {1.00/29 14} c6 {3 (0-0)} 7. Bd3 {1.26/31 44} O-O {7 (Ce4)} 8. O-O {1.29/34 70} Re8 {6 (Ce4)} 9. Qc2 {1.34/30 60} g6 {9 (Ce4)} 10. Ne2 {1.34/30 29} Qe7 {10 (Axf4)} 11. c5 {1.82/25 12} Bc7 {4} 12. h3 {1.86/27 11} Qd8 {4 (a5)} 13. b4 {1.85/24 14} a6 {17 (Cbd7)} 14. a4 {2.42/26 12} Nbd7 {29 (Axf4)} 15. b5 {2.40/22 21} Nb8 {11 (e5)} 16. b6 {2.55/27 11} Bxf4 {6} 17. exf4 {2.52/28 7} Nbd7 {7 (Te7)} 18. Qd2 {2.55/31 46} Re7 {8} 19. Kh2 {2.61/29 17} Nf8 {4 (Tg7)} 20. g3 {2.63/29 12} Bd7 {6 (Tg7)} 21. Rg1 {2.58/29 13} Rg7 {5} 22. Qe3 {2.54/30 11} Qb8 {5 (Ae8)} 23. Nc1 {2.71/29 57} Be8 {16} 24. Nb3 {2.73/26 0} Qc8 {12 (Ce4)} 25. Na5 {2.79/31 41} Kh8 {8 (h5)} 26. Rae1 {2.85/27 8} Kg8 {4 (Cg8)} 27. Ne5 {2.86/27 9} Kh8 {43 (h5)} 28. g4 {2.96/24 9} Kg8 {4 (h6)} 29. Qg3 {2.92/28 7} Ne4 {111 (Dd8)} 30. Bxe4 {3.72/31 16} dxe4 {27 (fxe4)} 31. Nac4 {3.98/20 8} Nd7 {130 (Dd8)} 32. Nd6 {5.32/23 10} Nxe5 {15 (Dd8)} 33. Nxc8 {5.62/19 7} Nf3+ {2} 34. Qxf3 {5.72/21 11} exf3 {27} 35. Nd6 {6.00/26 0} Re7 {98 (fxg4)} 36. gxf5 {7.23/22 8 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.97s, max=1.8s)} 1-0

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Fórmula rechazada: Evaluada 5 min desde Detlef Uter Fórmula rechazada: Evaluada 5 min desde Hippo100 Fórmula rechazada: Evaluada 5 min desde Desvelemosafrica Sky II-avx2 (126 threads): 28.7 plies; 26.275kN/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core Processor 2900MHz, (64 cores, 128 threads) New Elo: 2422. Sky II-avx2 (126 threads): 41.1 plies; 28.480kN/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core Processor 2900MHz, (64 cores, 128 threads)

El cantico de Catecan

Father: I see a light in the sky.
Catecan: That illuminates your path.
Father: "Take your wooden sword."
Catecan: "And face your enemy."
Father: "Take your bow and arrow
and launch it into the heavens.
Your arrow is your ideals
and it doesn't matter where it will fall.
They are not windmills
they are the hairy monsters,
together you and I will continue
without the world's approval.
Our board is the field
our bishops the trees
the streams are the rooks
you and I together the knights,
the highest mountain the queen,
and salvation the sky.

Pablo Ignacio Restrepo

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 5 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.05.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Detlef Uter"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "3643"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[GameId "2305368862314502"]
[EventDate "2026.05.02"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 {B 0} c6 {1} 2. d4 {B 0} d5 {1} 3. e5 {B 0} e6 {5} 4. c3 {B 0} a6 {0} 5. b4 {1.03/38 57} b5 {3 (b6)} 6. a4 {1.59/28 5} Bb7 {38 (a5)} 7. a5 {1.91/28 4} Ra7 {23 (c5)} 8. Bd3 {2.26/34 40} Bc8 {46} 9. h4 {2.36/35 0} Kd7 {8 (f6)} 10. Bg5 {2.39/28 4} Be7 {2 (e8)} 11. Nd2 {2.48/32 11} Kc7 {1} 12. Qg4 {2.36/36 8} g6 {4 (f8)} 13. Nb3 {2.41/32 16} h6 {10 (d7)} 14. Bxe7 {2.98/21 2} Qxe7 {2 (xe7)} 15. h5 {3.25/23 3} g5 {2} 16. Qg3 {3.31/23 0} Kb7 {10} 17. f4 {3.51/27 0} Ka8 {4} 18. Nf3 {3.56/27 0} f6 {12 (g4)} 19. exf6 {3.80/25 5} Nxf6 {8} 20. fxg5 {4.01/21 0} hxg5 {2} 21. Qxg5 {4.04/20 0} Rg8 {7 (e5)} 22. Bg6 {4.38/20 4} Nbd7 {30 (g7)} 23. Ne5 {4.69/18 4} Nxe5 {4 (g7)} 24. dxe5 {5.02/22 4} Ne4 {7 (h7)} 25. Qxe7 {5.34/17 5} Rxe7 {2} 26. O-O {5.45/16 0} Reg7 {17 (g3)} 27. Rf3 {5.78/19 7} Rxg6 {9 (h8)} 28. hxg6 {6.66/18 4} Rxg6 {1} 29. Rf8 {6.91/19 1} Kb8 {1} 30. Raf1 {7.17/20 2} Nxc3 {11 (g3)} 31. R1f7 {#13/53 2} Nd1 {5 (e2+)} 32. Nc5 {#5/245 0} Ne3 {2 (xg2+)} 33. Nxa6+ {#2/245 0 Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.90s, max=1.6s)} 1-0

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A question please: I need you all. Is this position sustainable for the black pieces? Thanks in advance for your help, maybe this way I temporarily neutralize Stockfish 18 and other silicone monsters.

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[d]knbq1bnr/r4pp1/p1p1p2p/Pp1pP2P/1P1P4/1NPB1N2/3BQPP1/2KR3R b - - 0 16

[Father]

LILOLOLOLOL

[pgn][Event "Partida evaluada, 5 min"]
[Site "Sala de máquinas"]
[Date "2026.05.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hippo100"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[WhiteFideId "-1"]
[BlackFideId "-1"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[GameId "2305748431310861"]
[EventDate "2026.05.03"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1. e4 {B 0} c6 {8} 2. d4 {B 0} d5 {1} 3. e5 {B 0} e6 {1} 4. c3 {B 0} a6 {1} 5. b4 {1.03/27 13} b5 {1} 6. a4 {1.62/24 4} Bb7 {1} 7. a5 {2.06/24 5} Bc8 {1} 8. Bd3 {2.33/20 3} Kd7 {4} 9. Nf3 {2.57/28 19} h6 {2} 10. Nbd2 {2.83/29 6} Ra7 {2} 11. h4 {2.79/33 28} Qc7 {2} 12. h5 {3.42/25 7} Qd8 {1} 13. Nb3 {3.42/33 22} Kc7 {1} 14. Qe2 {3.45/31 10} Kb7 {2} 15. Bd2 {3.46/26 4} Ka8 {2} 16. O-O-O {3.45/23 4} Rc7 {4} Catecan rinde (Lag: Av=0.74s, max=0.9s)} 1-0

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