Next Komodo vs human match

[lkaufman]

took a dinner break, resuming with fourth game now

[lkaufman]

Yet another crushing win for Komodo. Seems that Contempt and MCTS go very well together! We'll play another game beyond the scheduled four, I want to give him a chance to score.

[Marcus9]

Yet another crushing win for Komodo. Seems that Contempt and MCTS go very well together! We'll play another game beyond the scheduled four, I want to give him a chance to score.

Fantastic result, clearly ready for the next level!

What is the contempt value for this match?
Even with Komodo MCTS is recommended use half disadvantage points? (About 175 for knight odd)

[lkaufman]

Fifth game was closer, but again Komodo won. He wants to try one more time, so here goes number 6. He is playing at the proper pace for the time limit, that isn't the problem.

[lkaufman]

Sixth game was Gilden's best game, but ultimately yet another loss. He reached a normal opening position in the Caro-Kann with White just missing a knight, and it was difficult to imagine how Komodo would even make a fight of it. Komodo managed to trade queen for two rooks, but was still quite lost, but a surprise tactic won the extra knight and ultimately the game. So a perfect six to zero sweep. Clearly, we need a much stronger player or a longer time limit for knight odds to be competitive. It does seem that Komodo MCTS with Contempt (I set it to 150 for this match) is amazingly strong at giving such handicaps. I think we're still a ways off from giving knight odds at this TC to a 2500 GM, but it doesn't look so farfetched any more.

[lkaufman]

[pgn][Event "Live Chess - knight odds"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Sept. 10, 2019"] [Round "1"] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "(FM)lgilden"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. Qe2 Qc7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Rac1 Qa5 12. a3 Rac8 13. Qd1 Nb8 14. Bc2 Rfd8 15. Re1 Bc6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Bd2 Qa6 18. Bc3 e5 19. a4 b6 20. Ra1 Bg4 21. Bd3 Qb7 22. a5 b5 23. Bd2 a6 24. b4 Nbd7 25. h3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Ne8 27. g3 Bf8 28. Kg2 g6 29. Bg5 f6 30. Be3 Bg7 31. g4 Nf8 32. Qe2 Qf7 33. Bb6 Rd7 34. Qd2 Rb7 35. Rac1 Rbb8 36. Bb1 g5 37. Rc6 Ng6 38. Ba2 Ne7 39. Bc5 dxc5 40. bxc5 Kf8 41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. d6 Nxd6 43. cxd6 Qg6 44. Qb4 Rc4 45. dxe7+ 1-0[/pgn]

[lkaufman]

[pgn][Event "Live Chess - Knight Odds"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Sept 10, 2019"] [Round "2"] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "(FM)lgilden"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Qf6 7. O-O-O d6 8. f4 Nge7 9. Kb1 O-O 10. Bd3 Be6 11. a3 a6 12. Rhf1 b5 13. Qe2 Nd4 14. Qe3 c5 15. f5 Bd7 16. g4 c4 17. Be2 Bc6 18. Bf3 Qe5 19. Rfe1 Qc5 20. Bg2 Bb7 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qxd4 Rfd8 23. Re3 Rac8 24. h4 f6 25. c3 Qc7 26. Ree1 Qc5 27. Qd2 Qe5 28. g5 Kf8 29. Qf2 Ng8 30. Rd5 Qe7 31. Rd4 fxg5 32. f6 gxf6 33. hxg5 Kg7[/pgn]

game was restarted from here due to inncorrect move entry

[pgn][Event "Live Chess - knight odds"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Sept 10, 2019"] [Round "2 cont."] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "lgilden"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2rr2n1/1b2q1kp/p2p1p2/6P1/2pRP3/P1P5/1P3QB1/1K2R3 w - - 0 1"] [TimeControl "300+10"] 1. gxf6+ Nxf6 2. Rg1 Kh8 3. e5 Bxg2 4. exf6 Be4+ 5. Ka2 Qe5 6. Qh4 d5 7. f7 Rf8 8. Rg5 Qe6 9. Rdxd5 Bg6 10. Qd4+ 1-0[/pgn]

[lkaufman]

[pgn][Event "Live Chess - knight odds"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Sept 10, 2019"] [Round "3"] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "(FM)lgilden"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 e5 6. O-O f5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Bd6 12. d3 Qe7 13. b5 O-O 14. c4 e4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Rfb8 18. Qc2 Ne5 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Qd2 Kf7 21. Rbd1 Qa5 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. dxe4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 fxe4 25. Rxd5 Ke6 26. Rfd1 Be7 27. Bxe4 g6 28. f4 Nf7 29. f5+ gxf5 30. Bxf5+ Kf6 31. Rf1 Kg7 32. Bxh7 Rd8 33. Be4 Re8 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Bd3 Rf8 36. Re5 Bf6 37. Re6 Nb7 38. Rf5 Rad8 39. h4 Nd6 40. Rf4 Ne8 41. Rg4+ Kh8 42. Rg6 Bg7 43. Re7 1-0[/pgn]

[lkaufman]

[pgn][Event "Live Chess - knight odds"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Sept 10, 2019"] [Round "4"] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "(FM)lgilden"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. g4 c5 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Ng8 9. a3 Na6 10. b4 cxb4 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. axb4 Qc7 13. Na3 f6 14. c4 fxg5 15. hxg5 Bf8 16. c5 dxc5 17. Qc2 Qf7 18. Nc4 Qxf3 19. Qa4+ Kd8 20. Rf1 Qg3+ 21. Kd2 Ne7 22. Qa5+ Kd7 23. bxc5 Qg2+ 24. Kd3 Rb8 25. c6+ Nxc6 26. dxc6+ 1-0[/pgn]

[lkaufman]

[pgn][Event "Live Chess - knight odds"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "Sept 10, 2019"] [Round "5"] [White "PlayKomodo"] [Black "(FM)lgilden"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. c4 Qd6 5. b4 Bg4 6. Bb2 Qe6+ 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nc6 9. bxc5 Rd8 10. d4 Qf6 11. Qa4 e6 12. Rb1 Qg6 13. Rd1 Nf6 14. Qb3 Bxc5 15. Qxb7 O-O 16. dxc5 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Qb1 18. O-O Rb8 19. Qxc6 Qxb2 20. Qd6 Ne8 21. Qa6 Qe5 22. Qxa7 h5 23. Qe7 Nf6 24. c6 Rc8 25. Qb7 Rc7 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. h4 Qd6 28. Ba4 Ng8 29. Rd1 1-0[/pgn]