Why was Lyudmil banned?

[MikeB]

I have also served as a moderator.
I will not question the ban.
But I will ask for leniency on the duration.
Lyudmil can be a whinging twit, just like me.
But he is interesting and informative.
He has taught me useful things.

He is not like the random troll, who only seeks attention.

I also ask Lyudmil to consider toning it down a notch when it comes to trying to enforce his opinions.

Just my two cents.

Dann, you are absolutely correct , Lyudmil has the potential to a be very valued contributor here and I certainly hope it turns out that way. He is smart, and he knows a lot about chess, He does not have to try to impress, nor does he need to point out other people shortcomings - either real or imagined. Just talk about chess and or chess software and he will be fine.

[Tobber]

I do think Tsvetkov know quite a lot about chess.

He has also made some bold claims about his expertise, among other claims that he can regularly beat SF and Komodo. He has also come up with a system on how to evaluate positions, basically unknown to more well known theorists.
All this may be true but such bold claims must be open to tests which he seems unwilling to participate in.

His published games against strong engines are highly questionable at best, most people are unable to replicate the moves from the engines.
They do show a good understanding of chess but several moves from the engine are not possible to explain and when questioned about them he starts insulting people about their knowledge and talent.

I think the sad truth is that he has gone overboard with his chess studies and really need some more contact with the real world.

/John

[BBauer]

Lyudmil gave this position some time ago.
How about today programs?
Can they solve it in reasonable time?
[d]5rk1/1r3p2/1qb1pPpR/3pP1N1/p1pP4/PpP5/1Pn1B2P/3RB2K w - - 0 1

Kind regards
Bernhard

[zullil]

Lyudmil gave this position some time ago.
How about today programs?
Can they solve it in reasonable time?
[d]5rk1/1r3p2/1qb1pPpR/3pP1N1/p1pP4/PpP5/1Pn1B2P/3RB2K w - - 0 1

Kind regards
Bernhard

Seems Cfish-dev can:

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info depth 42 seldepth 41 multipv 1 score cp 7 lowerbound nodes 3323569179 nps 24004515 hashfull 873 tbhits 0 time 138456 pv e1f2
info depth 42 currmove e1f2 currmovenumber 1
info depth 42 seldepth 41 multipv 1 score cp 15 lowerbound nodes 3673425092 nps 23801633 hashfull 909 tbhits 0 time 154335 pv e1f2
info depth 42 currmove e1f2 currmovenumber 1
info depth 42 seldepth 41 multipv 1 score cp 26 lowerbound nodes 4094214064 nps 23598727 hashfull 933 tbhits 0 time 173493 pv e1f2
info depth 42 currmove e1f2 currmovenumber 1
info depth 42 seldepth 41 multipv 1 score cp 42 lowerbound nodes 4314661118 nps 23515189 hashfull 942 tbhits 0 time 183484 pv e1f2
info depth 42 currmove e1f2 currmovenumber 1
info depth 42 seldepth 41 multipv 1 score cp 63 lowerbound nodes 4599786026 nps 23399292 hashfull 959 tbhits 0 time 196578 pv e1f2
info depth 42 currmove e1f2 currmovenumber 1
info depth 42 seldepth 41 multipv 1 score cp 92 lowerbound nodes 5170313856 nps 23259946 hashfull 973 tbhits 0 time 222284 pv e1f2
info depth 42 currmove e1f2 currmovenumber 1
info depth 42 seldepth 41 multipv 1 score cp 131 lowerbound nodes 6027016220 nps 23103612 hashfull 986 tbhits 0 time 260869 pv e1f2
info depth 42 currmove e1f2 currmovenumber 1

[zullil]

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info depth 48 seldepth 48 multipv 1 score mate 23 nodes 41079347099 nps 26108001 hashfull 999 tbhits 0 time 1573439 pv e1f2 b6b4 d1g1 c2e3 f2e3 b4c3 b2c3 b3b2 g1b1 b7b3 h6h7 b3c3 e3d2 c3b3 h7g7 g8h8 g5f7 f8f7 g7f7 b3b8 f7c7 c4c3 d2c3 c6e8 b1b2 b8b2 c3b2 h8g8 c7g7 g8h8 g7e7 e8c6 e7c7 c6e8 c7c8 h8h7 c8e8 h7h6 e8h8 h6g5 b2c1 g5f5 h8h4 g6g5 e2d3

[BBauer]

Mate in 23!
Great.

Kind regards
Bernhard

[zullil]

Mate in 23!
Great.

Kind regards
Bernhard

Might be mate in fewer moves, but I stopped the search.

[BBauer]

Im not going to sue you if its less than 23 moves to mate.
Thanks again.
Bernhard