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r4rk1/2p1npb1/2Nq3p/pp4p1/3P4/PN1Q2P1/1P3PP1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 23 Here better seems to be 23. Nbxa5 rather than 23. Qxb5 taking an extra pawn. [Event "World Rapid 2018"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2018.12.28"] [Round "13.5"] [White "Firouzja, Alireza"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EC...

r1bq1rk1/1p1n1pb1/p2p1np1/2pP3p/P3P3/2N1BP2/1P1Q2PP/R1N1KB1R b KQ - 0 13 Blacks plays ... Rb8 with the idea of ... b5. Unfortunately after ... Ne5 h3, ... Bd7 is not possible because of white playing f4 trapping the Knight on e5. So it seems that ... Rb8 is a waste of a tempo. [Event "St Petersburg...

2r2r2/pp2ppbk/2n1b1pp/q1pN3n/2P5/4B1P1/PP1NPPBP/R1QR2K1 b - - 0 15 In this position white played passive a3, even though a4 with the threat of Nb3 then a5 then Bd2 Bc3 neutralizes blacks play. [Event "World Rapid 2018"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2018.12.27"] [Round "10.8"] [White "Firouzja,...

1kr5/1p1bbp2/1q1ppp2/7p/p1rNPP2/2NRQ1P1/PPP4P/1K1R4 b - - 0 24 Black can attack on whites king and he has a pair of bishops. It seems to me, he should keep Queens on board and open the center. Here moves like ...d5 or ... a3 seem better: [Event "World Rapid 2018"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "...

Hi, r1b1k2r/pp3ppp/1qn1pn2/1N1p4/2P5/P5P1/1P1QPP1P/R1B1KB1R w KQkq - 0 10 In Firouzja vs Andreikin white played Qe3 here, but black played ... d4 preventing the Qs exchange, keeping the game closed and gaining time by attacking whites Q. Instead better is: 10. Nd6+ Ke7 11. cxd5 (11. Nxc8+ Raxc8 12. ...

Not sure if these videos are being posted in another thread but it might be interesting, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JacRX6cKIaY edit: published here apparently http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/1140 From the "article" : [...] AlphaZero is a generic reinforcement learning and searc...

Hi,

What about the new Cfish based on Stockfish 10 ?

Hi,

I think new paths should be examined. But I have my own doubts about these methods in Chess:

• Artificial neural networks (ANN): Can you consider chess board as continuous ?

• Monte carlo algorithm (MCA): Is a forced line same as other lines ?

Hi, What do you and your chess computer think about the variation that I found with a laptop ? Initial position is taken from a game : r1bqkb1r/p1pp1ppp/2p2n2/8/4P3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6 [Event "EU-ch 17th"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.05.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Hracek, Zbynek"] [Black "Korchm...

Hi,

The chess broadcasting site, chessbomb.com uses Stockfish 8, rather than Stockfish 9.