Finally TCEC is matching FRChess960 Engines......

[Chessqueen]

But I wonder why Alliestein is NOT playing ? https://tcec-chess.com/

NOTE: They should use the same FRC Opening used by Carlsen Vs GM So to see how those engines handle those Openings

[Modern Times]

TCEC has played a chess960 tournament before. The audience numbers did not meet their expectations, so they dropped it.

[Jouni]

And they use now 256 cores! But only 128 for Ethereal and Fire. No support to higher value?

[Dann Corbit]

i have zero interest in FRC.

[Nordlandia]

i have zero interest in FRC.

Why is that. FRC eliminates same openings over and over again.

[Dann Corbit]

I guess that the reason I am not interested is that I have not mastered regular chess yet to the degree I wish.
Fischer's aim was to create so many permutations for possibilities that the computers would lose the advantage of pre-prepared openings,
I think in reality it does the opposite. There is no way for a human to memorize that many permutations, but with high end hardware, it is possible for a chess system to do it. And modern hardware is so powerful that at tournament time control they can play great quality chess without a book.

If chess were to be solved my interest might move on to FRC or go. But I guess even then I would still prefer chess, because it is very unlikely that I would understand the solution

[marsell]

These continuous tournaments are boring. FRC brings variety here

[Dann Corbit]

I predict less people will watch frc

[Modern Times]

I predict less people will watch frc

Then that's their loss.

[Leo]

I remember Gary Kasparov saying he was a chess player when asked about FRC. I took that to mean he wasn't interested in FRC.