We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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Chessqueen wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 4:58 amAt that pace this game will finish by the end of June 2021 :shock:

There's a time zone issue: it would help if a European played the dragon's moves (unfortunately, I cannot volunteer right now).
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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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towforce wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 2:19 pm
Chessqueen wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 4:58 amAt that pace this game will finish by the end of June 2021 :shock:

There's a time zone issue: it would help if a European played the dragon's moves (unfortunately, I cannot volunteer right now).
Okay, but they could have used Zoom ==>
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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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Chessqueen wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 3:09 pm
towforce wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 2:19 pm
Chessqueen wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 4:58 amAt that pace this game will finish by the end of June 2021 :shock:

There's a time zone issue: it would help if a European played the dragon's moves (unfortunately, I cannot volunteer right now).
Okay, but they could have used Zoom ==>

This is how you will see the board or each other play ==>
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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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chrisw wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 7:21 am
lkaufman wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:49 pm
chrisw wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:07 pm
[pgn] [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4

[/pgn]
Bg4
[pgn] [Knight Odds Match]
[TalkChess]
[Date "2021.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2021.51.20"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 *

[/pgn]
Komodo rules!
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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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lkaufman wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 4:34 pm
chrisw wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 7:21 am
lkaufman wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:49 pm
chrisw wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:07 pm
[pgn] [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4

[/pgn]
Bg4
[pgn] [Knight Odds Match]
[TalkChess]
[Date "2021.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2021.51.20"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6

[/pgn]
Nc6

my thoughts on position here:

https://prodeo.actieforum.com/t388-komo ... -odds#3238
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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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chrisw wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 7:21 am
[pgn] [Knight Odds Match]
[TalkChess]
[Date "2021.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2021.51.20"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6

[/pgn]
Nc6

my thoughts on position here:

https://prodeo.actieforum.com/t388-komo ... -odds#3238
[/quote]

[pgn] [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 * [/pgn]
Komodo rules!
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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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lkaufman wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 8:32 pm
chrisw wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 7:21 am
[pgn] [Knight Odds Match]
[TalkChess]
[Date "2021.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2021.51.20"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6

[/pgn]
Nc6

my thoughts on position here:

https://prodeo.actieforum.com/t388-komo ... -odds#3238
[pgn] [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 [/pgn]
[/quote]

Nb6
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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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chrisw wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 8:44 pm[pgn] [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 [/pgn]

Nb6

I have a feeling I've seen a similar position in another game recently posted at this forum.
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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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chrisw wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 8:44 pm
my thoughts on position here:

https://prodeo.actieforum.com/t388-komo ... -odds#3238
[pgn] [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 [/pgn]
[/quote]

Nb6
[/quote]

[pgn] [Event "Knight odds match"]
[Site "TalkChess"]
[Date "2021.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2021.05.20"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. e6 * [/pgn]
Komodo rules!
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Re: We are reaching the Max Odds that a top engine can give the top 3 GM's

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lkaufman wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 9:02 pm [pgn] [Event "Knight odds match"]
[Site "TalkChess"]
[Date "2021.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "KomodoDragon2 MCTS"]
[Black "Whittington, Chris"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2021.05.20"]

{[#]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. e6 * [/pgn]

:shock: :!: :!: :!:
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