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MillionBase 3.45 3.45 million quality chess games in PGN format. Added 550.000 new games. Scid proof. http://rebel13.nl/download/data.html Much respect to Ed. Thanks for this database update. I am wondering if there are similar DB solely dedicated to engines matches. I mean a consolidated PGN conta...

MillionBase 3.45 3.45 million quality chess games in PGN format. Added 550.000 new games. Scid proof. http://rebel13.nl/download/data.html Much respect to Ed. Thanks for this database update. I am wondering if there are similar DB solely dedicated to engines matches. I mean a consolidated PGN conta...

Now enough of the Eval Function. Just imagine if NN goes on and replaces the handcrafted Search Function of Chess engines. That's impossible one might claim, handcrafted Search Techniques by humans will always be stronger. That is what A0's MCTS basically did. It is still astounding to me a search ...

I could be all wrong. I could be out of touch. But if I'm not, then the future of computer chess, the future of unique and diverse engines, depends upon all of us, as individuals, to encourage and promote new ideas while discouraging those who take from Stockfish without trying their hand at the pr...

This amazing game was posted by Chess.com's NM Sam Copeland at Youtube and was also making rounds in some Youtube chess analysts. 3 minor pieces given up by SF+NNUE just to chase Lc0 king. [Event ""] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.07.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Stockfish NNUE"] [Black "Lc0"] [Result "1-0"] [EC...

About the mate announcements I doubt if all of them are correct. I found no proof for the mate in 11 claim and I am also practically sure it was impossible without a computer to write a tree that proves the mate. If somebody has not mate claim but proof that there is a forced mate with the relevant...

On first post in 1st page of this thread, I thought DBCN is crawling the web and forums and saving all new positions it encounters including the move, then storing it into DBCN. But ok your post clarifies the issue on why it was not in DBCN, Thanks for your reply. I explored some lines from your po...

On first post in 1st page of this thread, I thought DBCN is crawling the web and forums and saving all new positions it encounters including the move, then storing it into DBCN.

But ok your post clarifies the issue on why it was not in DBCN,
Thanks for your reply.

Nice tool for chess enthusiasts and masters alike, thanks for the info. I tried the difficult Q sacrifice on DBCN. I was expecting to see the solution, but doesn't show the correct move. bm is Qxe5 https://funkyimg.com/i/37BL6.jpg First of all, complete game is available online. Second, this has bee...

This position was shown in page 20 of Think Like a Grandmaster by GM Kotov. Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of this book and of Kotov too. In fact I even read/ analysed this book twice during my teenage days. The communication during those years when Kotov wrote the book was by snail mail (in pos...