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We have all heard the options to 'change the game itself'- from 'no-castle' to '360' and in-between for top level tournaments. Whatever their merit, these actually change the game we have come to know and love. These ideas seem popular among: 1. Those who tend to not play competitively/seriously any...

If an engine cannot take an 'edge' or unbalanced position and turn it into a winning game...it does not deserve to be considered a good engine. Simple. You got it wrong. You can only win a game of chess from a balanced position if your opponent make mistakes. You can play more challenging moves to ...

If an engine cannot take an 'edge' or unbalanced position and turn it into a winning game...it does not deserve to be considered a good engine. Simple.

"Interesting" generally means 'not very good'. Sorry.

You have stats to back this up?
I think you may be wrong. I mean, to me it would largely serve to help nullify early aggression for the attacker which has perhaps taken some risks to put the King in check.

mwyoung wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:56 pm

Lc0 takes the lead after 33 games.

And as quick and the blink of an eye, order is restores....see game 34.

HOWEVER ... the 3rd best move, 12. Qe2 lets you keep a small edge with best play from your opponent while giving your opponent far more chances to go wrong . This idea of 'wrong' would need to be within a reasonable 'human evaluation' of those replies. In other words it would not count a queen drop...

Dicaste wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:09 am

I would glad to see Pure NNUE like in v13 Feels like hybrid approach doesn't have advantage over pure nnue.

"feels'. That's not worth much, is it?
I think there is a reason SF does not go pure NNUE.

I would call b strategy the educated guess. Why do programmers continue to make chess programs perfect when they begin a new engine ? Isn’t it more interesting to create interesting engines instead of engine that lose to stockfish ? Whatever you try out , it is losing against Stockfish or LC0. And ...

amchess wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:00 pm

Yes, even at pv 3, you can continue to use 4 threads

And so the 4th thread would be used for the NNUE...which actually influences the 3 PV and their evaluations viewed in the GUI. I think that is what you are saying and if so...pretty nice addition to ShashChess!