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A vote for 1.

As a starting point the NNUE implementation in Igel is compatible with networks used by Stockfish, however I would discourage use of Stockfish network in Igel due to the following reasons: 1. Training of network is a complicated work, some may call it an art, so work of those people spending time t...

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Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:46 pm

In my XMG notebook the RTX never is hotter than 65 Celsius.

Do you have some software to know the temperture?

You can win after 1. Ng5 Nxa3 ? My mistake. I thought the position after 2.Rxh7 Nb5 3.h4 Nd6 4.Bg3 Qd8 5.Rg7 Kh8 6.Kg2 Ne8 7.Rxf7 Rxf7 8.Nxf7 Kg8 9.Nxd8 Rxd8 10.h5 g5 11.Rf1 Nc7 12.f7 Kg7 13.Be1 Rf8 14.Bd2 Rxh7 15.h6 Kg8 16. Rxf7 Qxf7 17.Bh5 Kg8 18.Bg6 Be8 19.Bb1 Bh5 20.Bxg5 was winning, however, o...

1r3rk1/5p1p/1qb1pPp1/3pP3/p1pP4/PpP2N1R/1Pn1B2P/3RB2K w - - 0 1 From Hard Talkchess 2020. Answer is Bd2, but I think Ng5 is also winning - and seemingly as good as Bd2? From Hard Talkchess 2020. Answer is Bd2, but I think Ng5 is also winning - and seemingly as good as Bd2? Ng5 is draw. Bd2 wins. Bo...

Excellent topic! Was surprised that Komodo did so poor, an area that Komodo can get some Elo it seems. I thought Stockfish would be behind Houdini because Stockfish doesn't have a method of testing tablebases on the Fishtest framework. While I recall that Robert spent time making Houdini good with t...

had no other choice; if I had not made use of centipawns to assess terms, then it would have been just white is better, or slightly better, or that term is favourable for this and that side. do you find that more acceptable? I am reading a lot of GM books, and almost all of them say +-, or +=, whit...

I bought the book recently and today started digesting it. The concept of the book describing how an engine evaluates is a really good idea. The mg, eg, cps abbreviation are annoying and an unnessasary lowering of the tone in my view. If those abbreviation are okay, why not refer R =Rook, Q= Queen e...