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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11 ... comments=1

Interesting read. Not sure if it belongs here or Programming Section.

Spotted AlphaZeros GPU hardware being used in some real world puzzles.

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/10/1 ... ek-tablets

I saw at CCC (chess.com), they were using big hardware so maybe result was relevant.
Lc0 as black only drew against SF after SF as white played 1.g4 (0.5 - 0.5)
But SF (as black) convincingly won after Lc0 (as white) played 1.g4. (0-1)

edit: name of engines

I am confused. If I didn't miss something from this thread, After Ng5 of white, both Nxd4 and Nd6 (on Nxa3 line) of black was already posted by Peter and both ends up in a win. So IMO, both Ng4 and Bd2 wins for white. No, Mike, you missed Louis' fortress- line after 26...Nxd6 (!) which I had to be ...

I am confused. If I didn't miss something from this thread, After Ng5 of white, both Nxd4 and Nd6 (on Nxa3 line) of black was already posted by Peter and both ends up in a win. So IMO, both Ng4 and Bd2 wins for white. The current belief in this thread is that in the Ng5 line Black's Nd6 line draws....

You can add games to another database by uploading the database into fitz as a new database then copying the games in that database to a different database. Here is the help file explaining this http://help.chessbase.com/Fritz/16/Eng/index.html Reference>Database functions>Copying Games. Thanks Cum...

In the meantime I gave the Nd6- line of Louis' SF, leading to a fortress, some Backward with Honey X6 FD, the fortress detection code from Joseph Ellis seems to work here really fine, Honey keeps the 0.00 in hash back to the root position after 26...Nd6. Yet the output doesn't show much because of ...

Hi Louis! 27.h4 is still drawn, but 27...Nd6 (?) (...Nxd4 instead holds) loses, yet not as soon as after 28..Qd8( ?) (better 28...Ne8). Are you saying that White wins here? 1r3rk1/5p1R/1qbnpPp1/3pP1N1/p1pP3P/1pP5/1P2B3/3RB2K w - - 1 6 Stockfish-dev isn't seeing it. Actually I was writing about this...

Hello All, About two weeks ago I had the misfortune of a crashed C-drive. It was an old PC and overdue for a crash. So, I purchased a new PC. But the latest misfortune is that now I need to cope with Windows 10, a fate nearly worse than death. Having a new PC means I need to update my ChessBase (CB...

Ken Thompson, a chess programmer and one of Unix creator has a cool passwd.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/0 ... d_cracked/

Planning to create my own now, with a Ruy up to 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bf1 to be out of dictionary attacks.