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It's not everyday where a chess news is published on a tech site. Cheating caught with picture inside a bathroom. https://idle.slashdot.org/story/19/07/14/0610256/chess-grandmaster-caught-cheating-in-tournament-with-hidden-cellphone-in-bathroom Serious problem for human-human chess. Below is the vid...

Sorry will just append this nice win. I don't want to open another thread. Brilliant bishop sacrifice (46...Bxh4!!) in exchange for a passed pawn in K-side. Not sure if other engines would consider 46...Bxh4!! in this position too as how Lc0 continued for the win. [Event "CCC 9: The Gauntlet Bonus (...

Nice win.But notice the trollish move 0-0-0 and then Lc0 decides to return both R and K to uncastled state. Then decides that the safest place for whites K is at the king-side. As usual, instructive and out of this world. [Event "CCC 9: The Gauntlet Bonus (10|5)"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.07.14"] [Rou...

Ferret competed in quite a few tournaments from 1995-early 2000s, and it was active on chessclub.com. Some games are available here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=30003 Thanks for the link. Fun to see some strong games of Ferret engine there. I noticed its wonderful games against t...

I agree these NN are very strong. But I did a quick visit at CCC site for the currrent tourn, and was suprised to see Brainfish was demolishing Lc0 left and right. Don't know what's wrong but looks like it is vengeance time for A/B side.

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Nice, system. Can surely run Lc0 and other NN engines too with its NVIDIA GTX 16-Series.

I should like to read some interpretation about the results of Leela in TCEC 15. Champion Bonus. Where is the "New Era"? As already mentioned by some, this leela is too young and there's huge room for improvement. A bit of patches here and there might make this deadlier than it is now. Compared to ...

What about Rg8 by black? Then Rh1-h7. After Rd8xd6 and Rd1xd6, White threatens to take the bishop on e6 with check. The covering pawn on f7 is pinned because of the queen on b7. Then black can simply play Qc8. ( To defend bishop on e6 and avoid pin ). And white will lose with material deficit. Actu...

Okay, another try, let us assume the best software is those which makes best use of the transistors given on a specific chip. So let us compare the transistor count and the clock frequency of TCEC hardware: Nvidia RTX 2080 TI: 18.6 billion transistors clocked with max 1.545 GHz Nvidia RTX 2080: 13....

Even Leela avoids the direct 3.d4 move and prefers 3.Bb5 instead. [Event "CCC: Testing Updates II"][Date "2019.06.02"][Round "1"] [White "Leelafish"][Black "Brainfish"] [Result "1-0"] [Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"] Unusual game, giving up pawns for free in openning and get...