Is Carlsen's approach similar to that of AlphaZero?

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Vinvin
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Re: Is Carlsen's approach similar to that of AlphaZero?

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serpico wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:59 pm In the last few months I've read on some blogs that Carlsen's approach in this 2019 is similar to that of AlphaZero. Could there be any truth in this?
Not at all, AlphaZero, LC0 and Stockfish (on an average computer) still around 500 elo over Carlsen.
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Re: Is Carlsen's approach similar to that of AlphaZero?

Post by jp »

Vinvin wrote: Thu May 02, 2019 11:08 pm
serpico wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2019 7:59 pm
Not at all, AlphaZero, LC0 and Stockfish (on an average computer) still around 500 elo over Carlsen.
serpico asked about "approach", not performance (through brute-force calculation).
(But the answer is still no.)