An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

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lkaufman wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:52 am
Chessqueen wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 12:55 am
Chessqueen wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:09 am
Chessqueen wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:49 am
lkaufman wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:46 am
Chessqueen wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:52 am
lkaufman wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:04 am
Uri Blass wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:47 am
Nordlandia wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:22 am JJJ: i rather go for Dragon evaluation in this odds configuration, the reason is said below.

About -3 for black if computer starts.

[d]r1qqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

If the human player play black pieces, the odds is approximately equivalent minor piece odds. Another important thing to point out here is that Dragon/Komodo know that multiple queens tends to be redundant on a crowded board. Dragon/Komodo may want to avoid queen exchanges to exploit this redundancy as long as possible.

As long the extra illegal material is within reasonable limits i think Dragon may play without any issues Larry.
I do not like these illegal positions
humans do not play chess in similiar conditions.

I think that bigger handicap can be also interesting so you can play games against weaker humans.
I am sure that it is possible to win most humans who play in chess.com without a queen even at rapid time control(most are with rating below 1000 in rapid) and I think that it may be interesting to see what is the rating that computers can get in chess.com if they start every game without queen d1
at different time controls and if it is possible to improve their playing strength in these conditions.
I think that Dragon or any computer will do worse giving queen odds than Nakamura would (or even a random GM perhaps). Whether it's regular Dragon or MCTS, they just play silly moves, everything looks resignable to them. Up to rook odds Dragon (either version) plays reasonably well, but much beyond that it gets silly.
Well this was a game versus Komodo version 13.3, but I believe Komodo Dragon plays 160 rating points stronger versus human, anyway it played without the Queen and I took both of my Bishops this is what happened, unfortunately when Komodo saw itself losing it took way way too much time to think and it lost on time, but the position was lost anyway once I penetrated my Queen down in its throat by move 57..... Qf1 =====>

[pgn][Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "DESKTOP-OFQ3C0P"]
[Date "2020.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Komodo-13.3-64bit"]
[Black " ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Time "22:52:39"]
[WhiteElo "? No Queen"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1qk1nr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNB1KBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "human"]

1. d4 {(d2-d4 Ng8-f6 a2-a3 O-O e2-e3 c7-c5 d4xc5 Qd8-c7 Nb1-c3 Qc7xc5
Bf1-d3 d7-d5 Ng1-f3 Nb8-d7 O-O e7-e5 e3-e4 d5-d4 Nc3-e2 Qc5-c7 Bc1-d2
Nd7-c5 Ne2-g3 Ra8-c8 h2-h3) -3.12/24 56} c5 2. dxc5 {(d4xc5 Qd8-a5+ Nb1-c3
Ng8-f6 a2-a3 Nb8-c6 Ng1-f3 O-O e2-e3 Qa5xc5 Bf1-d3 d7-d5 O-O Ra8-d8 b2-b4
Qc5-d6 Bc1-b2 e7-e5 Ra1-d1 Qd6-e6 b4-b5 Nc6-e7 h2-h3 h7-h6 e3-e4 d5-d4
Nc3-a4 Nf6-d7 Nf3xd4 e5xd4) -3.03/24 27} Qa5+ 3. Nc3 {(Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 Ng1-f3
Nb8-c6 e2-e3 Qa5xc5 Bf1-d3 d7-d5 O-O e7-e5 e3-e4 d5-d4 Nc3-a4 Qc5-d6 b2-b3
O-O Na4-b2 Qd6-c7 Bc1-d2 a7-a6 a2-a4 b7-b5 Rf1-e1 Qc7-b7 h2-h3 h7-h6 c2-c3
Rf8-d8 c3xd4) -3.10/26 32} Nc6 4. e4 {(e2-e4 f7-f5 a2-a3 Ng8-f6 e4xf5
Qa5xc5 Bc1-e3 Qc5xf5 O-O-O Nf6-g4 Bf1-d3 Qf5-e6 Kc1-b1 Ng4xe3 f2xe3 Nc6-e5
Ng1-f3 Ne5xd3 Rd1xd3 Ra8-c8 Rh1-d1 d7-d6 e3-e4 O-O Rd1-d2 Rc8-c5 Rd2-e2
b7-b6 Nc3-d5 Qe6-d7 Re2-f2) -2.95/23 29} Nf6 5. Bd3 {(Bf1-d3 Qa5xc5 Bc1-e3
Qc5-b4 Ng1-e2 Qb4xb2 Ra1-b1 Qb2-a3 O-O Nf6-g4 Be3-f4 Ng4-e5 Rb1xb7 Ne5xd3
c2xd3 e7-e5 Bf4-e3 O-O Rf1-d1 Ra8-b8 Rb7xd7 Rf8-d8 Rd7-d5 Rd8xd5 e4xd5
Nc6-b4 d3-d4 Nb4xa2 Rd1-a1) -2.83/25 28} Qxc5 6. Nf3 {(Ng1-f3 d7-d5 O-O)
-2.88/26 47} e6 7. Be3 {(Bc1-e3 Qc5-e7 h2-h3) -2.75/26 74} Qe7 8. h3
{(h2-h3 O-O e4-e5) -2.87/23 17} d6 9. Rd1 {(Ra1-d1 O-O a2-a3 Rf8-d8 O-O
h7-h6 Rf1-e1 d6-d5 e4xd5 Nf6xd5 Nc3xd5 Rd8xd5 b2-b4 a7-a5 b4-b5 Nc6-e5
Nf3xe5 Rd5xe5 a3-a4 Qe7-b4 Rd1-a1 Ra8-c8 Re1-b1 Qb4-c3 Be3-b6 Re5-d5 Rb1-d1
Rd5-d6 Bb6-e3 f7-f5) -2.90/25 71} O-O 10. a3 {(a2-a3 h7-h6 O-O) -2.93/27
69} Rac8 11. O-O {(O-O a7-a6 Rf1-e1) -2.92/25 52} a6 12. Rfe1 {(Rf1-e1
h7-h6 Be3-f4) -3.01/28 97} Qc7 13. Rd2 {(Rd1-d2 h7-h6 Re1-d1) -3.09/27 86}
h6 14. Red1 {(Re1-d1 Rf8-d8 Bd3-e2 Nc6-e7 Be3-d4 b7-b5 Nf3-e1 Qc7-b8 Bd4xf6
g7xf6 Be2-f3 Ne7-g6 Nc3-e2 Ng6-e5 c2-c3 Kg8-f8 Ne2-g3 Qb8-b6 Ng3-f1 a6-a5
Nf1-e3 b5-b4 c3xb4 a5xb4 Bf3-e2 b4xa3 b2xa3 Qb6-b7) -3.11/26 1} Rfd8 15.
Be2 {(Bd3-e2 Nc6-e7 Be3-d4 b7-b5 Nf3-h2 Nf6-d7 Nh2-g4 Ne7-c6 Bd4-e3 Nd7-e5
Be3-f4 Ne5xg4 h3xg4 Nc6-e5 Bf4-g3 Qc7-b6 Bg3-h4 f7-f6 Bh4-g3 Ne5-c4 Be2xc4
b5xc4 Rd1-b1 Rc8-b8 Bg3-f4 Qb6-c7 Rd2-d4 Rb8-b7 Nc3-e2 Kg8-h7) -3.05/27 6}
Ne7 16. Bd4 {(Be3-d4 b7-b5 Bd4xf6 g7xf6 Nf3-h2 Kg8-g7 Nh2-g4 f6-f5 e4xf5
Ne7xf5 a3-a4 b5xa4 Nc3xa4 d6-d5 b2-b3 Qc7-b7 Be2-d3 Nf5-d6 Rd2-e2 Nd6-e4
Rd1-a1 f7-f5 Ng4-e5 Kg7-f6 f2-f4 Rd8-g8 Kg1-h2 Rc8-d8) -3.16/26 7} Ng6 17.
Bxf6 {(Bd4xf6 g7xf6 Nf3-d4) -3.09/26 49} gxf6 18. Nd4 {(Nf3-d4 Ng6-e5 a3-a4
Ne5-c6 Nd4-b3 Nc6-a5 Rd2-d4 Kg8-g7 Nb3xa5 Qc7xa5 Be2-c4 Qa5-e5 Bc4-b3 f6-f5
e4xf5 Qe5xf5 Nc3-e2 d6-d5 c2-c3 Rd8-g8 Rd4-b4 Rc8-c7 Ne2-d4 Qf5-h5 Kg1-h1
Kg7-f8 Nd4-f3 Qh5-f5 Rb4-h4 Qf5-f6 Bb3-c2 Kf8-e7 Rh4-b4 Qf6-g7 g2-g3)
-2.99/25 14} Kh7 19. g3 {(g2-g3 Ng6-e5 Kg1-g2) -3.13/24 29} b5 20. f4
{(f2-f4 Qc7-b6 Kg1-g2) -3.24/23 32} Ne7 21. Kg2 {(Kg1-g2 Qc7-b6 Be2-f3)
-3.35/24 28} Qb6 22. Bf3 {(Be2-f3 Kh7-g7 h3-h4) -3.62/26 109} b4 23. axb4
{(a3xb4 Qb6xb4 Nd4-b3) -3.25/25 22} Qxb4 24. Nb3 {(Nd4-b3 Kh7-g7 Rd1-a1
f6-f5 Rd2-e2 Qb4-b6 Nc3-a4 Qb6-a7 Na4-c3 f5xe4 Bf3xe4 Ne7-c6 f4-f5 d6-d5
Be4-d3 Nc6-b4 f5xe6 Nb4xd3 c2xd3 Qa7-b6 Ra1-a3 Rd8-e8 e6-e7 d5-d4 Nc3-d5
Qb6-b7 Nb3xd4 Qb7xd5+) -3.46/26 28} Kh8 25. Kh2 {(Kg2-h2 Qb4-b6 Rd1-a1)
-3.44/24 45} a5 26. Bg2 {(Bf3-g2 f6-f5 Rd1-a1) -3.73/25 52} a4 27. Rd4
{(Rd2-d4 Rc8-c4 Rd4xc4 Qb4xc4 Rd1-d4 Qc4-c7 Rd4xa4 Qc7-b6 Ra4-d4 e6-e5
Rd4-d2 e5xf4 g3xf4 Qb6-e3 f4-f5 Rd8-g8 Rd2-e2 Qe3-g3+ Kh2-h1 Ne7-c6 Nc3-d1
Qg3-e5 Re2-d2 Rg8-g3 Nd1-c3 Nc6-b4 Kh1-g1 Rg3-e3 Kg1-f1 Kh8-g8 Rd2-f2
Kg8-g7 Rf2-d2 Re3-g3 Rd2-e2 Nb4-a6 Kf1-e1) -3.94/28 24} Qb8 28. Rxa4
{(Rd4xa4 f6-f5 Rd1-d4) -2.68/24 21} f5 29. Rd2 {(Rd1-d2 f5xe4 Bg2xe4)
-2.82/25 33} fxe4 30. Bxe4 {(Bg2xe4 Qb8-b6 Be4-d3 Rd8-g8 Ra4-a5 d6-d5
Rd2-e2 Ne7-c6 Ra5-a6 Qb6-b7 Ra6-a1 Rc8-a8 Ra1-d1 Qb7-b4 Nc3-b5 Rg8-c8
Rd1-b1 Ra8-b8 Nb5-c3 Rc8-g8 Rb1-a1 Qb4-f8 Ra1-a4 Rb8-a8 Bd3-b5 Ra8xa4
Nc3xa4 Qf8-a8 g3-g4) -2.50/25 10} h5 31. h4 {(h3-h4 d6-d5 Be4-d3) -2.77/23
21} d5 32. Bd3 {(Be4-d3 Ne7-g8 Nc3-d1) -2.82/23 9} Ng8 33. Re2 {(Rd2-e2
Ng8-f6 Kh2-g2 Qb8-b6 Ra4-a1 Nf6-g4 Ra1-a5 Rc8-a8 Ra5-b5 Qb6-a7 Rb5-a5
Qa7-b7 Ra5-c5 Rd8-c8 Rc5-b5 Qb7-a7 Nc3-d1 Rc8-b8 Rb5-a5 Qa7-c7 Ra5xa8
Rb8xa8 Nb3-d4 Ra8-a1 Nd1-f2 Kh8-g7 Nf2xg4 h5xg4) -2.91/25 35} Nf6 34. Kg2
{(Kh2-g2 Nf6-g4 Ra4-a5) -2.73/25 21} Ng4 35. Ra5 {(Ra4-a5 Rd8-g8 Ra5-b5)
-3.11/23 10} Rg8 36. Rb5 {(Ra5-b5 Qb8-c7 Nc3-d1 e6-e5 f4xe5 Ng4xe5 Re2-e3
Ne5-c4 Re3-f3 Qc7-e5 c2-c3 Rg8-g4 Nb3-d4 Rc8-g8 Nd4-f5 Rg4-f4 Rf3-e3 Qe5-c7
Rb5xd5 Rf4xf5 Bd3xc4 Qc7-c6 Re3-d3 Qc6xc4 Rd5xf5 Qc4xd3 Rf5xh5+ Kh8-g7
Nd1-f2) -2.94/25 15} Qc7 37. Rc5 {(Rb5-c5 Qc7-d7 Rc5-a5) -3.27/26 34} Qd8
38. Rxc8 {(Rc5xc8 Qd8xc8 Nb3-d4) -3.56/24 16} Qxc8 39. Nd2 {(Nb3-d2 Qc8-b7
Nc3-d1 Rg8-a8 b2-b3 Qb7-b6 Nd2-f1 Ra8-a1 Nd1-e3 Ng4-f6 Nf1-h2 Kh8-g7 Nh2-f3
Nf6-g4 Ne3-f1 f7-f6 Nf3-h2 Kg7-f7 Nh2xg4 h5xg4 Nf1-e3 f6-f5 Kg2-f2 Ra1-b1
c2-c4 Rb1xb3 Bd3-c2 d5xc4 Bc2xb3 c4xb3) -3.54/26 38} Qb8 40. b3 {(b2-b3
Qb8-c7 Nc3-b1 e6-e5 f4xe5 Ng4xe5 Nd2-f1 Ne5xd3 c2xd3 Qc7-c1 Nb1-d2 Qc1-c3
Re2-f2 f7-f6 b3-b4 Rg8-e8 Nd2-f3 Qc3xd3 Nf1-h2 Re8-e4 b4-b5 Qd3xb5 Nf3-g1
Kh8-g7 Nh2-f3 d5-d4 Ng1-h3 d4-d3 Nh3-f4 Re4-e3 Nf3-d4 Qb5-e5 Nd4-f3 Qe5-e4
Nf4xh5+) -4.27/26 53} Qb4 41. Nd1 {(Nc3-d1 Rg8-a8 Nd1-f2) -3.25/24 14} f6
42. Nf2 {(Nd1-f2 e6-e5 Nf2xg4 h5xg4 f4xe5 f6xe5 c2-c4 e5-e4 Nd2xe4 d5xe4
Bd3xe4 Rg8-e8 Be4-d3 Qb4-b7+ Kg2-h2 Re8xe2+ Bd3xe2 Qb7-e4 Be2-d1 Qe4-d4
Bd1xg4 Qd4xg4 Kh2-g2 Qg4-e4+ Kg2-f2 Qe4-d4+ Kf2-e2 Qd4-c3 g3-g4 Qc3xb3
c4-c5 Qb3-d5) -4.44/25 58} Nxf2 43. Rxf2 {(Re2xf2 e6-e5 Nd2-f1 e5xf4 Rf2-f3
Qb4-d4 c2-c3 Qd4-e5 b3-b4 Rg8-g7 c3-c4 d5xc4 Bd3xc4 Qe5-e4 Bc4-d3 Qe4xb4
Bd3-f5 Qb4-b7 Bf5-d3 f4xg3 Bd3-e2 Qb7-e4 Be2-d3 Qe4xh4 Rf3xg3 Qh4-d4
Rg3xg7) -5.11/23 15} e5 44. Nf1 {(Nd2-f1 e5xf4 Kg2-h3 Rg8-g4 Kh3-g2 Qb4-d4
Rf2-e2 f4xg3 Nf1-d2 Qd4-b4 Nd2-f3 Kh8-g7 Bd3-f5 Rg4-f4 Bf5-d3 Qb4-b6
Re2-e7+ Kg7-f8 Re7-e2 d5-d4 Kg2xg3 Rf4-g4+ Kg3-h3 Qb6-c7 Re2-g2 Qc7-d7
Bd3-e2 Rg4-e4+ Kh3-h2 Qd7-c7+ Kh2-g1 Qc7xc2 Nf3xd4) -5.29/26 33} e4 45. Be2
{(Bd3-e2 d5-d4 Be2xh5 Qb4-c5 f4-f5 Rg8-a8 b3-b4 Qc5xb4 Rf2-e2 Qb4-b7 Nf1-d2
Ra8-a2 Re2xe4 Ra2xc2 Bh5-f3 Rc2xd2+ Kg2-h3 Qb7-b3 Re4-e8+ Kh8-g7 Bf3-e4
Qb3-b5 Re8-e7+ Kg7-f8 Re7-e6 Kf8-f7 Kh3-g4 Rd2-h2) -4.72/22 11} f5 46. Bxh5
{(Be2xh5 d5-d4 Rf2-e2 Qb4-c3 Re2-f2 Rg8-a8 Bh5-g6 e4-e3 Bg6xf5 e3xf2 Bf5-d3
Ra8-a2 b3-b4 Qc3xb4 Kg2xf2 Qb4-c3 Kf2-g1 Qc3-c6 Kg1-h2 Kh8-g7 Kh2-h3 Ra2-a1
f4-f5 Qc6-h1+ Kh3-g4 Ra1xf1 Bd3xf1 Qh1xf1) -5.13/24 19} d4 47. Re2 {(Rf2-e2
Qb4-c3 Kg2-h3 Kh8-g7 Re2-g2 Rg8-a8 Bh5-e2 Ra8-a2 Be2-c4 Ra2xc2 Rg2xc2
Qc3xc2 g3-g4 d4-d3 g4xf5 Qc2-d1 Nf1-g3 e4-e3 h4-h5 e3-e2 Ng3xe2 Qd1xe2
Bc4xd3 Qe2xd3+ Kh3-g2 Qd3xb3 Kg2-f2 Kg7-f6 h5-h6 Qb3-h3 h6-h7 Qh3xh7
Kf2-f1) -5.52/25 11} Qc3 48. Kh3 {(Kg2-h3 Kh8-g7 Re2-g2 Rg8-a8 b3-b4 Ra8-a1
Bh5-e2 Ra1-c1 Be2-b5 Qc3xb4 Bb5-e2 Qb4-c3 Kh3-h2 Rc1xc2 g3-g4 f5xg4 Be2xg4
Rc2xg2+ Kh2xg2 d4-d3 Nf1-g3 Qc3-d2+ Kg2-h3 e4-e3 Ng3-f5+ Kg7-f8 Nf5xe3
Qd2xe3+ Kh3-h2 Qe3xf4+ Kh2-h3 d3-d2 h4-h5 Kf8-g7) -5.82/24 5} Ra8 49. Rg2
{(Re2-g2 Kh8-g7 b3-b4 Ra8-a1 Bh5-e2 Ra1-c1 Be2-a6 Qc3xb4 h4-h5 Qb4-c3
Ba6-b5 Rc1xc2 Rg2xc2 Qc3xc2 g3-g4 Qc2-d1 g4xf5 Qd1xh5+ Kh3-g3 Qh5-f3+
Kg3-h2 Qf3xf4+ Nf1-g3 d4-d3 Kh2-h3 Qf4-e3 Kh3-g4 Kg7-f6 Bb5-c6 Qe3-g5+
Kg4-h3 Qg5-h6+ Kh3-g4 e4-e3 Kg4-f3 e3-e2) -6.79/26 31} Ra1 50. Nh2 {(Nf1-h2
Kh8-g7) -6.64/25 18} Kg7 51. b4 {(b3-b4 Ra1-c1) -6.64/25 1} Qxb4 52. Be8
{(Bh5-e8 Qb4-c3 Be8-d7 Kg7-f6 h4-h5 Ra1-h1 Bd7-b5 Kf6-g7 Bb5-a6 Rh1-c1
Ba6-f1 Rc1xc2 Rg2xc2 Qc3xc2 g3-g4 Qc2-c3+ Kh3-h4 d4-d3 g4xf5 Qc3-e1+ Kh4-g5
d3-d2 Bf1-c4 d2-d1Q Nh2-g4 Qe1-g1 f5-f6+ Kg7-h7 Bc4-e6) -7.05/23 8} Rh1 53.
Bd7 {(Be8-d7 Kg7-f6) -7.83/25 20} Qc5 54. Ba4 {(Bd7-a4 Kg7-f6 Ba4-d7)
-8.03/23 10} Qc4 55. Be8 {(Ba4-e8 Kg7-f6 Be8-h5 Qc4-c3 Bh5-e2 Qc3xc2 Be2-f3
Qc2-c3 Bf3xe4 f5xe4 Rg2-f2 Rh1-g1 Rf2-g2 Rg1xg2 Kh3xg2 Qc3-c2+ Kg2-h3 d4-d3
Nh2-g4+ Kf6-g7 Ng4-e3 Qc2-c5 Ne3-f1 Qc5-f2 Kh3-g4 Qf2xf1 Kg4-f5 Qf1-e2
g3-g4) -10.01/25 10} Qf1 56. Bh5 {(Be8-h5 Qf1-c1 Bh5-e2 Qc1xc2 Be2-f3
Qc2-c3 Bf3xe4 f5xe4 Rg2-a2 Rh1-g1 Ra2-g2 Qc3-c8+ f4-f5 Rg1xg2 Kh3xg2 Qc8xf5
g3-g4 Qf5-f4 Kg2-h3 e4-e3 Kh3-g2 d4-d3 h4-h5 d3-d2) -9.94/22 9} Qb1 57. g4
{(g3-g4 Qb1-e1 g4xf5+ Kg7-f6 Rg2-g6+ Kf6xf5 Rg6-g4 Qe1-f1+ Rg4-g2 Kf5xf4
Bh5-e2 Qf1-e1 Rg2-g4+ Kf4-e5 Rg4-g5+ Ke5-f6 Rg5-g2 Qe1-c3+ Be2-d3 Qc3-c8+
Kh3-g3 e4xd3 c2xd3 Qc8-c7+ Kg3-g4 Rh1xh2 Rg2xh2 Qc7xh2 Kg4-f3 Qh2xh4 Kf3-e2
Qh4-h2+ Ke2-d1 Kf6-e5 Kd1-e1 Qh2-c2 Ke1-f1 Qc2xd3+ Kf1-e1 Qd3-f3 Ke1-d2)
-8.23/21 7} Qf1 58. gxf5+ {(g4xf5+ Kg7-f6 Bh5-g4 Qf1xf4 Bg4-h5 Qf4-e3+
Rg2-g3 Qe3-d2 Rg3-g6+ Kf6xf5 Rg6-g2 Qd2-c3+ Rg2-g3 Qc3xc2 Rg3-g5+ Kf5-e6
Rg5-g6+ Ke6-e5 Rg6-g5+ Ke5-d6 Rg5-g2 Qc2-c3+ Rg2-g3 Qc3-d2 Rg3-g2 Qd2-d3+
Rg2-g3 Qd3-f1+ Rg3-g2 Kd6-e5 Bh5-g4 d4-d3 h4-h5 Qf1-f4 h5-h6 Qf4xh6+ Kh3-g3
d3-d2 Bg4-d1 Qh6-f4+ Kg3-h3 Rh1xd1 Nh2-g4+ Ke5-f5 Ng4-f2 Qf4-h6+) -8.97/24
6} Kf6 59. Kg3 {(Kh3-g3 Qf1-e1+ Kg3-h3 Qe1-c3+ Rg2-g3 Qc3xc2 Rg3-g6+ Kf6xf5
Rg6-g5+ Kf5xf4 Rg5-g4+ Kf4-f5 Rg4-g5+ Kf5-f6 Rg5-g6+ Kf6-e5 Rg6-g5+ Ke5-d6
Rg5-g2 Qc2-d3+ Rg2-g3 Qd3-f1+ Rg3-g2 Qf1-f4 Rg2-g3 d4-d3 Rg3-g2 Kd6-e5
Rg2-g5+ Ke5-d4 Rg5-g2 e4-e3 Bh5-g4 Kd4-c4 Bg4-h5 Kc4-b4 Rg2-b2+ Kb4-c5
Rb2-g2 Qf4-f5+ Bh5-g4 Qf5-f1 Kh3-g3 e3-e2 Nh2xf1) -9.70/27 8} Qe1+ 60. Kh3
{(Kg3-h3 Qe1-e3+) -9.70/27 5} Qc3+ 61. Rg3 {(Rg2-g3 Qc3xc2 Rg3-g6+ Kf6xf5
Rg6-g5+ Kf5xf4 Rg5-g4+ Kf4-e5 Rg4-g5+ Ke5-d6 Rg5-g2 Qc2-d3+ Kh3-g4 Rh1xh2
Rg2xh2 Qd3-f3+ Kg4-g5 Qf3-g3+ Bh5-g4 Qg3xh2 h4-h5 Kd6-c5 Bg4-f5 e4-e3
Bf5-d3 e3-e2 Bd3xe2 Qh2xe2 h5-h6 d4-d3 h6-h7 d3-d2 Kg5-f4) -11.21/23 6}
Qxc2 62. Rg6+ {(Rg3-g6+ Kf6xf5 Rg6-g5+ Kf5xf4 Rg5-g4+ Kf4-e5 Rg4-g5+ Ke5-d6
Rg5-g6+ Kd6-c5 Rg6-g5+ Kc5-b4 Rg5-g2 Qc2-d3+ Rg2-g3 e4-e3 Kh3-g2 Qd3-b1
Kg2-h3 Qb1-f1+ Rg3-g2 Qf1-f5+ Kh3-g3 Qf5xh5 Nh2-f3 Qh5-f5 Nf3-h2 Qf5-e5+
Kg3-f3 Rh1xh2 Rg2xh2 Qe5xh2 Kf3-e4 Qh2xh4+ Ke4-d3 Qh4-f2) -11.14/23 13}
Kxf5 63. Rg5+ {(Rg6-g5+ Kf5xf4 Rg5-g4+ Kf4-e5 Rg4-g5+ Ke5-d6 Rg5-g2 Qc2-d3+
Rg2-g3 Qd3-f1+ Rg3-g2 Kd6-e5 Bh5-e2 Qf1-f5+ Be2-g4 Qf5-f4 h4-h5 d4-d3 h5-h6
Qf4xh6+ Kh3-g3 Qh6-e3+ Kg3-h4 Rh1-g1 Rg2xg1 Qe3xg1 Kh4-g5 Qg1xh2 Bg4-c8
Qh2-f4+ Kg5-h5 Qf4-f7+ Kh5-h4 e4-e3 Bc8-a6 Qf7-f6+ Kh4-g4 Qf6xa6 Kg4-g3)
-11.14/23 White resigns} Kxf4 64. ... {White forfeits on time} 0-1[/pgn]
Something is wrong here. Komodo gave this same handicap to GM Joel Benjamin successfully years ago, and I don't think you are in his class. I see that your engine searched 24 plies on the first two moves. On my laptop, same time control (7 threads), it searched 30 plies on first move and 33 plies on second! Even set to use just one thread, it searched 29 plies on first move, and again 29 on second. You are clearly doing something very wrong or have a very defective computer, I just can't guess what's wrong.
You are correct, let me check my settings, something is wrong here, I am NOT close to Joel Benjamin even if I have more than 6 of his Books and studying chess online with a trainer for almost 20 months, Nope, NOT even close to Joel. I found the Problem Komodo under Arena does NOT play well. I thought that GOD game me super intelligence recently. Well once I use a different GUI, I will also have to remove the b2 or c2 pawns as well :lol: :oops: :roll:
This trainer that I have online is either making me a better player, or a little bit crazy, since he makes me study lots of Tactics at least 60 Puzzles per day and 50 Tactical problems to solve per day. He does NOT want me to waste too much time watching games from GM because everybody has to progress at their own pace, and constantly going over my own games that I play versus other online Students. Oh I almost forgot these are the old books of Joel Benjamin that I have studies

Unorthodox Openings
Better thinking Better Chess
Forcing Chess Moves
Liquidation on the Chess Board
American GrandMaster
World Champion Chess

Plus couple of Books of Capablanca like chess fundamentals, My chess career,Alekhine, Alexander (1985). My Best Games of Chess 1908–1937
Alekhine, Alexander (1968). The Book of the Hastings International Masters' Chess Tournament 1922. The Book of the New York International Chess
and several books of Kasparov and these Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer
How to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman
My System by Aron Nimzowitsch
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by David Bronstein
My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
Think Like a Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master by Jeremy Silman
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal
Karpov's Strategic Wins (two volumes) by Tibor Karolyi
My Great Predecessors (five volumes) by Garry Kasparov

Most of these Books are too much for beginners to start reading them except Bobby Fischer teaches Chess, chess fundamentals by Capablanca according to my trainer it is best to start solving at least 50 Tactics and chess puzzles every day. Then once you reach at least 1700 to start learning endgames and Middlegames strategies with a good book like The Middle Game In Chess by Znosko- Borosvsky and according to him to memorize lot of opening is a waste of time and it is best to master only a few openings that start with e4 or d4 and to be familiar with the English. I Hope that my Money is being well spend.
I decided to use the shredder 8 GUI and here is a new game with the f8 Bishop and c7 pawn Odds. I do NOT think Komodo resigned but the shredder 8 GUI resigned for Komodo. I am sure that the latest Komodo Dragon NNUE would at least draw with me :lol:

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ChessQueen"]
[Black "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqk1nr/pp1ppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Qa5+ 7. c3 e5 8.
Qb3 Nxd4 9. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Rd8 11. Rg1 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Rxd5 13. Rxg7 Kf8 14.
Rg3 Ke7 15. c4 Rd4 16. b3 h5 17. Nd2 Rh4 18. Ne4 Rxh2 19. Ba3+ Ke6 20. Rg1 Nf6
21. Rd1 Nxe4 22. fxe4 1-0[/pgn]
I'm guessing from the early queen trade that you didn't set Contempt to some appropriate value (maybe 200 for this handicap). But bishop plus pawn plus move is about equal to (White) rook odds, which is probably about fair for your level, so perhaps you might win anyway. I don't know if Dragon can play much better when down a rook or the equivalent, it's clearly stronger than normal Komodo at more modest handicaps.
Tomorrow I will replay the same game setting contempt to 200 and playing with Black hope I can get a draw, but I felt pretty good playing with a Bishop plus pawn Odds which I do NOT think it will make too much of a difference with this version of Komodo 3.3. I will also play another game with a Knight plus pawn Odds with Black Pieces. I noticed after solving 60 tactical problem daily that engines do NOT surprise me or get the best of me with tactics specially when the engine is playing at my level with Bishop plus pawn Odds. Six months ago any engine would have tricked me tactically.
Do NOT worry and be happy, we all live a short life :roll:
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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

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Chessqueen wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 6:29 am
lkaufman wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:52 am
Chessqueen wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 12:55 am
Chessqueen wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 9:09 am
Chessqueen wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:49 am
lkaufman wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 7:46 am
Chessqueen wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:52 am
lkaufman wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:04 am
Uri Blass wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:47 am
Nordlandia wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:22 am JJJ: i rather go for Dragon evaluation in this odds configuration, the reason is said below.

About -3 for black if computer starts.

[d]r1qqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1

If the human player play black pieces, the odds is approximately equivalent minor piece odds. Another important thing to point out here is that Dragon/Komodo know that multiple queens tends to be redundant on a crowded board. Dragon/Komodo may want to avoid queen exchanges to exploit this redundancy as long as possible.

As long the extra illegal material is within reasonable limits i think Dragon may play without any issues Larry.
I do not like these illegal positions
humans do not play chess in similiar conditions.

I think that bigger handicap can be also interesting so you can play games against weaker humans.
I am sure that it is possible to win most humans who play in chess.com without a queen even at rapid time control(most are with rating below 1000 in rapid) and I think that it may be interesting to see what is the rating that computers can get in chess.com if they start every game without queen d1
at different time controls and if it is possible to improve their playing strength in these conditions.
I think that Dragon or any computer will do worse giving queen odds than Nakamura would (or even a random GM perhaps). Whether it's regular Dragon or MCTS, they just play silly moves, everything looks resignable to them. Up to rook odds Dragon (either version) plays reasonably well, but much beyond that it gets silly.
Well this was a game versus Komodo version 13.3, but I believe Komodo Dragon plays 160 rating points stronger versus human, anyway it played without the Queen and I took both of my Bishops this is what happened, unfortunately when Komodo saw itself losing it took way way too much time to think and it lost on time, but the position was lost anyway once I penetrated my Queen down in its throat by move 57..... Qf1 =====>

[pgn][Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "DESKTOP-OFQ3C0P"]
[Date "2020.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Komodo-13.3-64bit"]
[Black " ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Time "22:52:39"]
[WhiteElo "? No Queen"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1qk1nr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNB1KBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "human"]

1. d4 {(d2-d4 Ng8-f6 a2-a3 O-O e2-e3 c7-c5 d4xc5 Qd8-c7 Nb1-c3 Qc7xc5
Bf1-d3 d7-d5 Ng1-f3 Nb8-d7 O-O e7-e5 e3-e4 d5-d4 Nc3-e2 Qc5-c7 Bc1-d2
Nd7-c5 Ne2-g3 Ra8-c8 h2-h3) -3.12/24 56} c5 2. dxc5 {(d4xc5 Qd8-a5+ Nb1-c3
Ng8-f6 a2-a3 Nb8-c6 Ng1-f3 O-O e2-e3 Qa5xc5 Bf1-d3 d7-d5 O-O Ra8-d8 b2-b4
Qc5-d6 Bc1-b2 e7-e5 Ra1-d1 Qd6-e6 b4-b5 Nc6-e7 h2-h3 h7-h6 e3-e4 d5-d4
Nc3-a4 Nf6-d7 Nf3xd4 e5xd4) -3.03/24 27} Qa5+ 3. Nc3 {(Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 Ng1-f3
Nb8-c6 e2-e3 Qa5xc5 Bf1-d3 d7-d5 O-O e7-e5 e3-e4 d5-d4 Nc3-a4 Qc5-d6 b2-b3
O-O Na4-b2 Qd6-c7 Bc1-d2 a7-a6 a2-a4 b7-b5 Rf1-e1 Qc7-b7 h2-h3 h7-h6 c2-c3
Rf8-d8 c3xd4) -3.10/26 32} Nc6 4. e4 {(e2-e4 f7-f5 a2-a3 Ng8-f6 e4xf5
Qa5xc5 Bc1-e3 Qc5xf5 O-O-O Nf6-g4 Bf1-d3 Qf5-e6 Kc1-b1 Ng4xe3 f2xe3 Nc6-e5
Ng1-f3 Ne5xd3 Rd1xd3 Ra8-c8 Rh1-d1 d7-d6 e3-e4 O-O Rd1-d2 Rc8-c5 Rd2-e2
b7-b6 Nc3-d5 Qe6-d7 Re2-f2) -2.95/23 29} Nf6 5. Bd3 {(Bf1-d3 Qa5xc5 Bc1-e3
Qc5-b4 Ng1-e2 Qb4xb2 Ra1-b1 Qb2-a3 O-O Nf6-g4 Be3-f4 Ng4-e5 Rb1xb7 Ne5xd3
c2xd3 e7-e5 Bf4-e3 O-O Rf1-d1 Ra8-b8 Rb7xd7 Rf8-d8 Rd7-d5 Rd8xd5 e4xd5
Nc6-b4 d3-d4 Nb4xa2 Rd1-a1) -2.83/25 28} Qxc5 6. Nf3 {(Ng1-f3 d7-d5 O-O)
-2.88/26 47} e6 7. Be3 {(Bc1-e3 Qc5-e7 h2-h3) -2.75/26 74} Qe7 8. h3
{(h2-h3 O-O e4-e5) -2.87/23 17} d6 9. Rd1 {(Ra1-d1 O-O a2-a3 Rf8-d8 O-O
h7-h6 Rf1-e1 d6-d5 e4xd5 Nf6xd5 Nc3xd5 Rd8xd5 b2-b4 a7-a5 b4-b5 Nc6-e5
Nf3xe5 Rd5xe5 a3-a4 Qe7-b4 Rd1-a1 Ra8-c8 Re1-b1 Qb4-c3 Be3-b6 Re5-d5 Rb1-d1
Rd5-d6 Bb6-e3 f7-f5) -2.90/25 71} O-O 10. a3 {(a2-a3 h7-h6 O-O) -2.93/27
69} Rac8 11. O-O {(O-O a7-a6 Rf1-e1) -2.92/25 52} a6 12. Rfe1 {(Rf1-e1
h7-h6 Be3-f4) -3.01/28 97} Qc7 13. Rd2 {(Rd1-d2 h7-h6 Re1-d1) -3.09/27 86}
h6 14. Red1 {(Re1-d1 Rf8-d8 Bd3-e2 Nc6-e7 Be3-d4 b7-b5 Nf3-e1 Qc7-b8 Bd4xf6
g7xf6 Be2-f3 Ne7-g6 Nc3-e2 Ng6-e5 c2-c3 Kg8-f8 Ne2-g3 Qb8-b6 Ng3-f1 a6-a5
Nf1-e3 b5-b4 c3xb4 a5xb4 Bf3-e2 b4xa3 b2xa3 Qb6-b7) -3.11/26 1} Rfd8 15.
Be2 {(Bd3-e2 Nc6-e7 Be3-d4 b7-b5 Nf3-h2 Nf6-d7 Nh2-g4 Ne7-c6 Bd4-e3 Nd7-e5
Be3-f4 Ne5xg4 h3xg4 Nc6-e5 Bf4-g3 Qc7-b6 Bg3-h4 f7-f6 Bh4-g3 Ne5-c4 Be2xc4
b5xc4 Rd1-b1 Rc8-b8 Bg3-f4 Qb6-c7 Rd2-d4 Rb8-b7 Nc3-e2 Kg8-h7) -3.05/27 6}
Ne7 16. Bd4 {(Be3-d4 b7-b5 Bd4xf6 g7xf6 Nf3-h2 Kg8-g7 Nh2-g4 f6-f5 e4xf5
Ne7xf5 a3-a4 b5xa4 Nc3xa4 d6-d5 b2-b3 Qc7-b7 Be2-d3 Nf5-d6 Rd2-e2 Nd6-e4
Rd1-a1 f7-f5 Ng4-e5 Kg7-f6 f2-f4 Rd8-g8 Kg1-h2 Rc8-d8) -3.16/26 7} Ng6 17.
Bxf6 {(Bd4xf6 g7xf6 Nf3-d4) -3.09/26 49} gxf6 18. Nd4 {(Nf3-d4 Ng6-e5 a3-a4
Ne5-c6 Nd4-b3 Nc6-a5 Rd2-d4 Kg8-g7 Nb3xa5 Qc7xa5 Be2-c4 Qa5-e5 Bc4-b3 f6-f5
e4xf5 Qe5xf5 Nc3-e2 d6-d5 c2-c3 Rd8-g8 Rd4-b4 Rc8-c7 Ne2-d4 Qf5-h5 Kg1-h1
Kg7-f8 Nd4-f3 Qh5-f5 Rb4-h4 Qf5-f6 Bb3-c2 Kf8-e7 Rh4-b4 Qf6-g7 g2-g3)
-2.99/25 14} Kh7 19. g3 {(g2-g3 Ng6-e5 Kg1-g2) -3.13/24 29} b5 20. f4
{(f2-f4 Qc7-b6 Kg1-g2) -3.24/23 32} Ne7 21. Kg2 {(Kg1-g2 Qc7-b6 Be2-f3)
-3.35/24 28} Qb6 22. Bf3 {(Be2-f3 Kh7-g7 h3-h4) -3.62/26 109} b4 23. axb4
{(a3xb4 Qb6xb4 Nd4-b3) -3.25/25 22} Qxb4 24. Nb3 {(Nd4-b3 Kh7-g7 Rd1-a1
f6-f5 Rd2-e2 Qb4-b6 Nc3-a4 Qb6-a7 Na4-c3 f5xe4 Bf3xe4 Ne7-c6 f4-f5 d6-d5
Be4-d3 Nc6-b4 f5xe6 Nb4xd3 c2xd3 Qa7-b6 Ra1-a3 Rd8-e8 e6-e7 d5-d4 Nc3-d5
Qb6-b7 Nb3xd4 Qb7xd5+) -3.46/26 28} Kh8 25. Kh2 {(Kg2-h2 Qb4-b6 Rd1-a1)
-3.44/24 45} a5 26. Bg2 {(Bf3-g2 f6-f5 Rd1-a1) -3.73/25 52} a4 27. Rd4
{(Rd2-d4 Rc8-c4 Rd4xc4 Qb4xc4 Rd1-d4 Qc4-c7 Rd4xa4 Qc7-b6 Ra4-d4 e6-e5
Rd4-d2 e5xf4 g3xf4 Qb6-e3 f4-f5 Rd8-g8 Rd2-e2 Qe3-g3+ Kh2-h1 Ne7-c6 Nc3-d1
Qg3-e5 Re2-d2 Rg8-g3 Nd1-c3 Nc6-b4 Kh1-g1 Rg3-e3 Kg1-f1 Kh8-g8 Rd2-f2
Kg8-g7 Rf2-d2 Re3-g3 Rd2-e2 Nb4-a6 Kf1-e1) -3.94/28 24} Qb8 28. Rxa4
{(Rd4xa4 f6-f5 Rd1-d4) -2.68/24 21} f5 29. Rd2 {(Rd1-d2 f5xe4 Bg2xe4)
-2.82/25 33} fxe4 30. Bxe4 {(Bg2xe4 Qb8-b6 Be4-d3 Rd8-g8 Ra4-a5 d6-d5
Rd2-e2 Ne7-c6 Ra5-a6 Qb6-b7 Ra6-a1 Rc8-a8 Ra1-d1 Qb7-b4 Nc3-b5 Rg8-c8
Rd1-b1 Ra8-b8 Nb5-c3 Rc8-g8 Rb1-a1 Qb4-f8 Ra1-a4 Rb8-a8 Bd3-b5 Ra8xa4
Nc3xa4 Qf8-a8 g3-g4) -2.50/25 10} h5 31. h4 {(h3-h4 d6-d5 Be4-d3) -2.77/23
21} d5 32. Bd3 {(Be4-d3 Ne7-g8 Nc3-d1) -2.82/23 9} Ng8 33. Re2 {(Rd2-e2
Ng8-f6 Kh2-g2 Qb8-b6 Ra4-a1 Nf6-g4 Ra1-a5 Rc8-a8 Ra5-b5 Qb6-a7 Rb5-a5
Qa7-b7 Ra5-c5 Rd8-c8 Rc5-b5 Qb7-a7 Nc3-d1 Rc8-b8 Rb5-a5 Qa7-c7 Ra5xa8
Rb8xa8 Nb3-d4 Ra8-a1 Nd1-f2 Kh8-g7 Nf2xg4 h5xg4) -2.91/25 35} Nf6 34. Kg2
{(Kh2-g2 Nf6-g4 Ra4-a5) -2.73/25 21} Ng4 35. Ra5 {(Ra4-a5 Rd8-g8 Ra5-b5)
-3.11/23 10} Rg8 36. Rb5 {(Ra5-b5 Qb8-c7 Nc3-d1 e6-e5 f4xe5 Ng4xe5 Re2-e3
Ne5-c4 Re3-f3 Qc7-e5 c2-c3 Rg8-g4 Nb3-d4 Rc8-g8 Nd4-f5 Rg4-f4 Rf3-e3 Qe5-c7
Rb5xd5 Rf4xf5 Bd3xc4 Qc7-c6 Re3-d3 Qc6xc4 Rd5xf5 Qc4xd3 Rf5xh5+ Kh8-g7
Nd1-f2) -2.94/25 15} Qc7 37. Rc5 {(Rb5-c5 Qc7-d7 Rc5-a5) -3.27/26 34} Qd8
38. Rxc8 {(Rc5xc8 Qd8xc8 Nb3-d4) -3.56/24 16} Qxc8 39. Nd2 {(Nb3-d2 Qc8-b7
Nc3-d1 Rg8-a8 b2-b3 Qb7-b6 Nd2-f1 Ra8-a1 Nd1-e3 Ng4-f6 Nf1-h2 Kh8-g7 Nh2-f3
Nf6-g4 Ne3-f1 f7-f6 Nf3-h2 Kg7-f7 Nh2xg4 h5xg4 Nf1-e3 f6-f5 Kg2-f2 Ra1-b1
c2-c4 Rb1xb3 Bd3-c2 d5xc4 Bc2xb3 c4xb3) -3.54/26 38} Qb8 40. b3 {(b2-b3
Qb8-c7 Nc3-b1 e6-e5 f4xe5 Ng4xe5 Nd2-f1 Ne5xd3 c2xd3 Qc7-c1 Nb1-d2 Qc1-c3
Re2-f2 f7-f6 b3-b4 Rg8-e8 Nd2-f3 Qc3xd3 Nf1-h2 Re8-e4 b4-b5 Qd3xb5 Nf3-g1
Kh8-g7 Nh2-f3 d5-d4 Ng1-h3 d4-d3 Nh3-f4 Re4-e3 Nf3-d4 Qb5-e5 Nd4-f3 Qe5-e4
Nf4xh5+) -4.27/26 53} Qb4 41. Nd1 {(Nc3-d1 Rg8-a8 Nd1-f2) -3.25/24 14} f6
42. Nf2 {(Nd1-f2 e6-e5 Nf2xg4 h5xg4 f4xe5 f6xe5 c2-c4 e5-e4 Nd2xe4 d5xe4
Bd3xe4 Rg8-e8 Be4-d3 Qb4-b7+ Kg2-h2 Re8xe2+ Bd3xe2 Qb7-e4 Be2-d1 Qe4-d4
Bd1xg4 Qd4xg4 Kh2-g2 Qg4-e4+ Kg2-f2 Qe4-d4+ Kf2-e2 Qd4-c3 g3-g4 Qc3xb3
c4-c5 Qb3-d5) -4.44/25 58} Nxf2 43. Rxf2 {(Re2xf2 e6-e5 Nd2-f1 e5xf4 Rf2-f3
Qb4-d4 c2-c3 Qd4-e5 b3-b4 Rg8-g7 c3-c4 d5xc4 Bd3xc4 Qe5-e4 Bc4-d3 Qe4xb4
Bd3-f5 Qb4-b7 Bf5-d3 f4xg3 Bd3-e2 Qb7-e4 Be2-d3 Qe4xh4 Rf3xg3 Qh4-d4
Rg3xg7) -5.11/23 15} e5 44. Nf1 {(Nd2-f1 e5xf4 Kg2-h3 Rg8-g4 Kh3-g2 Qb4-d4
Rf2-e2 f4xg3 Nf1-d2 Qd4-b4 Nd2-f3 Kh8-g7 Bd3-f5 Rg4-f4 Bf5-d3 Qb4-b6
Re2-e7+ Kg7-f8 Re7-e2 d5-d4 Kg2xg3 Rf4-g4+ Kg3-h3 Qb6-c7 Re2-g2 Qc7-d7
Bd3-e2 Rg4-e4+ Kh3-h2 Qd7-c7+ Kh2-g1 Qc7xc2 Nf3xd4) -5.29/26 33} e4 45. Be2
{(Bd3-e2 d5-d4 Be2xh5 Qb4-c5 f4-f5 Rg8-a8 b3-b4 Qc5xb4 Rf2-e2 Qb4-b7 Nf1-d2
Ra8-a2 Re2xe4 Ra2xc2 Bh5-f3 Rc2xd2+ Kg2-h3 Qb7-b3 Re4-e8+ Kh8-g7 Bf3-e4
Qb3-b5 Re8-e7+ Kg7-f8 Re7-e6 Kf8-f7 Kh3-g4 Rd2-h2) -4.72/22 11} f5 46. Bxh5
{(Be2xh5 d5-d4 Rf2-e2 Qb4-c3 Re2-f2 Rg8-a8 Bh5-g6 e4-e3 Bg6xf5 e3xf2 Bf5-d3
Ra8-a2 b3-b4 Qc3xb4 Kg2xf2 Qb4-c3 Kf2-g1 Qc3-c6 Kg1-h2 Kh8-g7 Kh2-h3 Ra2-a1
f4-f5 Qc6-h1+ Kh3-g4 Ra1xf1 Bd3xf1 Qh1xf1) -5.13/24 19} d4 47. Re2 {(Rf2-e2
Qb4-c3 Kg2-h3 Kh8-g7 Re2-g2 Rg8-a8 Bh5-e2 Ra8-a2 Be2-c4 Ra2xc2 Rg2xc2
Qc3xc2 g3-g4 d4-d3 g4xf5 Qc2-d1 Nf1-g3 e4-e3 h4-h5 e3-e2 Ng3xe2 Qd1xe2
Bc4xd3 Qe2xd3+ Kh3-g2 Qd3xb3 Kg2-f2 Kg7-f6 h5-h6 Qb3-h3 h6-h7 Qh3xh7
Kf2-f1) -5.52/25 11} Qc3 48. Kh3 {(Kg2-h3 Kh8-g7 Re2-g2 Rg8-a8 b3-b4 Ra8-a1
Bh5-e2 Ra1-c1 Be2-b5 Qc3xb4 Bb5-e2 Qb4-c3 Kh3-h2 Rc1xc2 g3-g4 f5xg4 Be2xg4
Rc2xg2+ Kh2xg2 d4-d3 Nf1-g3 Qc3-d2+ Kg2-h3 e4-e3 Ng3-f5+ Kg7-f8 Nf5xe3
Qd2xe3+ Kh3-h2 Qe3xf4+ Kh2-h3 d3-d2 h4-h5 Kf8-g7) -5.82/24 5} Ra8 49. Rg2
{(Re2-g2 Kh8-g7 b3-b4 Ra8-a1 Bh5-e2 Ra1-c1 Be2-a6 Qc3xb4 h4-h5 Qb4-c3
Ba6-b5 Rc1xc2 Rg2xc2 Qc3xc2 g3-g4 Qc2-d1 g4xf5 Qd1xh5+ Kh3-g3 Qh5-f3+
Kg3-h2 Qf3xf4+ Nf1-g3 d4-d3 Kh2-h3 Qf4-e3 Kh3-g4 Kg7-f6 Bb5-c6 Qe3-g5+
Kg4-h3 Qg5-h6+ Kh3-g4 e4-e3 Kg4-f3 e3-e2) -6.79/26 31} Ra1 50. Nh2 {(Nf1-h2
Kh8-g7) -6.64/25 18} Kg7 51. b4 {(b3-b4 Ra1-c1) -6.64/25 1} Qxb4 52. Be8
{(Bh5-e8 Qb4-c3 Be8-d7 Kg7-f6 h4-h5 Ra1-h1 Bd7-b5 Kf6-g7 Bb5-a6 Rh1-c1
Ba6-f1 Rc1xc2 Rg2xc2 Qc3xc2 g3-g4 Qc2-c3+ Kh3-h4 d4-d3 g4xf5 Qc3-e1+ Kh4-g5
d3-d2 Bf1-c4 d2-d1Q Nh2-g4 Qe1-g1 f5-f6+ Kg7-h7 Bc4-e6) -7.05/23 8} Rh1 53.
Bd7 {(Be8-d7 Kg7-f6) -7.83/25 20} Qc5 54. Ba4 {(Bd7-a4 Kg7-f6 Ba4-d7)
-8.03/23 10} Qc4 55. Be8 {(Ba4-e8 Kg7-f6 Be8-h5 Qc4-c3 Bh5-e2 Qc3xc2 Be2-f3
Qc2-c3 Bf3xe4 f5xe4 Rg2-f2 Rh1-g1 Rf2-g2 Rg1xg2 Kh3xg2 Qc3-c2+ Kg2-h3 d4-d3
Nh2-g4+ Kf6-g7 Ng4-e3 Qc2-c5 Ne3-f1 Qc5-f2 Kh3-g4 Qf2xf1 Kg4-f5 Qf1-e2
g3-g4) -10.01/25 10} Qf1 56. Bh5 {(Be8-h5 Qf1-c1 Bh5-e2 Qc1xc2 Be2-f3
Qc2-c3 Bf3xe4 f5xe4 Rg2-a2 Rh1-g1 Ra2-g2 Qc3-c8+ f4-f5 Rg1xg2 Kh3xg2 Qc8xf5
g3-g4 Qf5-f4 Kg2-h3 e4-e3 Kh3-g2 d4-d3 h4-h5 d3-d2) -9.94/22 9} Qb1 57. g4
{(g3-g4 Qb1-e1 g4xf5+ Kg7-f6 Rg2-g6+ Kf6xf5 Rg6-g4 Qe1-f1+ Rg4-g2 Kf5xf4
Bh5-e2 Qf1-e1 Rg2-g4+ Kf4-e5 Rg4-g5+ Ke5-f6 Rg5-g2 Qe1-c3+ Be2-d3 Qc3-c8+
Kh3-g3 e4xd3 c2xd3 Qc8-c7+ Kg3-g4 Rh1xh2 Rg2xh2 Qc7xh2 Kg4-f3 Qh2xh4 Kf3-e2
Qh4-h2+ Ke2-d1 Kf6-e5 Kd1-e1 Qh2-c2 Ke1-f1 Qc2xd3+ Kf1-e1 Qd3-f3 Ke1-d2)
-8.23/21 7} Qf1 58. gxf5+ {(g4xf5+ Kg7-f6 Bh5-g4 Qf1xf4 Bg4-h5 Qf4-e3+
Rg2-g3 Qe3-d2 Rg3-g6+ Kf6xf5 Rg6-g2 Qd2-c3+ Rg2-g3 Qc3xc2 Rg3-g5+ Kf5-e6
Rg5-g6+ Ke6-e5 Rg6-g5+ Ke5-d6 Rg5-g2 Qc2-c3+ Rg2-g3 Qc3-d2 Rg3-g2 Qd2-d3+
Rg2-g3 Qd3-f1+ Rg3-g2 Kd6-e5 Bh5-g4 d4-d3 h4-h5 Qf1-f4 h5-h6 Qf4xh6+ Kh3-g3
d3-d2 Bg4-d1 Qh6-f4+ Kg3-h3 Rh1xd1 Nh2-g4+ Ke5-f5 Ng4-f2 Qf4-h6+) -8.97/24
6} Kf6 59. Kg3 {(Kh3-g3 Qf1-e1+ Kg3-h3 Qe1-c3+ Rg2-g3 Qc3xc2 Rg3-g6+ Kf6xf5
Rg6-g5+ Kf5xf4 Rg5-g4+ Kf4-f5 Rg4-g5+ Kf5-f6 Rg5-g6+ Kf6-e5 Rg6-g5+ Ke5-d6
Rg5-g2 Qc2-d3+ Rg2-g3 Qd3-f1+ Rg3-g2 Qf1-f4 Rg2-g3 d4-d3 Rg3-g2 Kd6-e5
Rg2-g5+ Ke5-d4 Rg5-g2 e4-e3 Bh5-g4 Kd4-c4 Bg4-h5 Kc4-b4 Rg2-b2+ Kb4-c5
Rb2-g2 Qf4-f5+ Bh5-g4 Qf5-f1 Kh3-g3 e3-e2 Nh2xf1) -9.70/27 8} Qe1+ 60. Kh3
{(Kg3-h3 Qe1-e3+) -9.70/27 5} Qc3+ 61. Rg3 {(Rg2-g3 Qc3xc2 Rg3-g6+ Kf6xf5
Rg6-g5+ Kf5xf4 Rg5-g4+ Kf4-e5 Rg4-g5+ Ke5-d6 Rg5-g2 Qc2-d3+ Kh3-g4 Rh1xh2
Rg2xh2 Qd3-f3+ Kg4-g5 Qf3-g3+ Bh5-g4 Qg3xh2 h4-h5 Kd6-c5 Bg4-f5 e4-e3
Bf5-d3 e3-e2 Bd3xe2 Qh2xe2 h5-h6 d4-d3 h6-h7 d3-d2 Kg5-f4) -11.21/23 6}
Qxc2 62. Rg6+ {(Rg3-g6+ Kf6xf5 Rg6-g5+ Kf5xf4 Rg5-g4+ Kf4-e5 Rg4-g5+ Ke5-d6
Rg5-g6+ Kd6-c5 Rg6-g5+ Kc5-b4 Rg5-g2 Qc2-d3+ Rg2-g3 e4-e3 Kh3-g2 Qd3-b1
Kg2-h3 Qb1-f1+ Rg3-g2 Qf1-f5+ Kh3-g3 Qf5xh5 Nh2-f3 Qh5-f5 Nf3-h2 Qf5-e5+
Kg3-f3 Rh1xh2 Rg2xh2 Qe5xh2 Kf3-e4 Qh2xh4+ Ke4-d3 Qh4-f2) -11.14/23 13}
Kxf5 63. Rg5+ {(Rg6-g5+ Kf5xf4 Rg5-g4+ Kf4-e5 Rg4-g5+ Ke5-d6 Rg5-g2 Qc2-d3+
Rg2-g3 Qd3-f1+ Rg3-g2 Kd6-e5 Bh5-e2 Qf1-f5+ Be2-g4 Qf5-f4 h4-h5 d4-d3 h5-h6
Qf4xh6+ Kh3-g3 Qh6-e3+ Kg3-h4 Rh1-g1 Rg2xg1 Qe3xg1 Kh4-g5 Qg1xh2 Bg4-c8
Qh2-f4+ Kg5-h5 Qf4-f7+ Kh5-h4 e4-e3 Bc8-a6 Qf7-f6+ Kh4-g4 Qf6xa6 Kg4-g3)
-11.14/23 White resigns} Kxf4 64. ... {White forfeits on time} 0-1[/pgn]
Something is wrong here. Komodo gave this same handicap to GM Joel Benjamin successfully years ago, and I don't think you are in his class. I see that your engine searched 24 plies on the first two moves. On my laptop, same time control (7 threads), it searched 30 plies on first move and 33 plies on second! Even set to use just one thread, it searched 29 plies on first move, and again 29 on second. You are clearly doing something very wrong or have a very defective computer, I just can't guess what's wrong.
You are correct, let me check my settings, something is wrong here, I am NOT close to Joel Benjamin even if I have more than 6 of his Books and studying chess online with a trainer for almost 20 months, Nope, NOT even close to Joel. I found the Problem Komodo under Arena does NOT play well. I thought that GOD game me super intelligence recently. Well once I use a different GUI, I will also have to remove the b2 or c2 pawns as well :lol: :oops: :roll:
This trainer that I have online is either making me a better player, or a little bit crazy, since he makes me study lots of Tactics at least 60 Puzzles per day and 50 Tactical problems to solve per day. He does NOT want me to waste too much time watching games from GM because everybody has to progress at their own pace, and constantly going over my own games that I play versus other online Students. Oh I almost forgot these are the old books of Joel Benjamin that I have studies

Unorthodox Openings
Better thinking Better Chess
Forcing Chess Moves
Liquidation on the Chess Board
American GrandMaster
World Champion Chess

Plus couple of Books of Capablanca like chess fundamentals, My chess career,Alekhine, Alexander (1985). My Best Games of Chess 1908–1937
Alekhine, Alexander (1968). The Book of the Hastings International Masters' Chess Tournament 1922. The Book of the New York International Chess
and several books of Kasparov and these Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer
How to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman
My System by Aron Nimzowitsch
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by David Bronstein
My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
Think Like a Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master by Jeremy Silman
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal
Karpov's Strategic Wins (two volumes) by Tibor Karolyi
My Great Predecessors (five volumes) by Garry Kasparov

Most of these Books are too much for beginners to start reading them except Bobby Fischer teaches Chess, chess fundamentals by Capablanca according to my trainer it is best to start solving at least 50 Tactics and chess puzzles every day. Then once you reach at least 1700 to start learning endgames and Middlegames strategies with a good book like The Middle Game In Chess by Znosko- Borosvsky and according to him to memorize lot of opening is a waste of time and it is best to master only a few openings that start with e4 or d4 and to be familiar with the English. I Hope that my Money is being well spend.
I decided to use the shredder 8 GUI and here is a new game with the f8 Bishop and c7 pawn Odds. I do NOT think Komodo resigned but the shredder 8 GUI resigned for Komodo. I am sure that the latest Komodo Dragon NNUE would at least draw with me :lol:

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ChessQueen"]
[Black "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqk1nr/pp1ppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Qa5+ 7. c3 e5 8.
Qb3 Nxd4 9. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Rd8 11. Rg1 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Rxd5 13. Rxg7 Kf8 14.
Rg3 Ke7 15. c4 Rd4 16. b3 h5 17. Nd2 Rh4 18. Ne4 Rxh2 19. Ba3+ Ke6 20. Rg1 Nf6
21. Rd1 Nxe4 22. fxe4 1-0[/pgn]
I'm guessing from the early queen trade that you didn't set Contempt to some appropriate value (maybe 200 for this handicap). But bishop plus pawn plus move is about equal to (White) rook odds, which is probably about fair for your level, so perhaps you might win anyway. I don't know if Dragon can play much better when down a rook or the equivalent, it's clearly stronger than normal Komodo at more modest handicaps.
Tomorrow I will replay the same game setting contempt to 200 and playing with Black hope I can get a draw, but I felt pretty good playing with a Bishop plus pawn Odds which I do NOT think it will make too much of a difference with this version of Komodo 3.3. I will also play another game with a Knight plus pawn Odds with Black Pieces. I noticed after solving 60 tactical problem daily that engines do NOT surprise me or get the best of me with tactics specially when the engine is playing at my level with Bishop plus pawn Odds. Six months ago any engine would have tricked me tactically.

The main strategy here is to never give Komodo a position where Komodo can use his tactical ability and with the extra Bishop and pawn to keep the pressure where Komodo is forced to keep some of his pieces defending its King :roll:

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PP1PPPPP/RNBQK1NR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 g5 3. Be5 f6 4. Bg3 d6 5. h4 g4 6. Nc3 e5 7. e4 Ne7 8. f4 gxf3
9. gxf3 Nbc6 10. Nge2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Rg8 12. Nde2 Ne5 13. f4 Nf3+ 14. Kf2 Bg4
15. Qc2 c6 16. Rad1 Qb6+ 17. Kg2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Kf2 Ng6 20. b4 Rg7 21. Qe3
Rd7 22. Kg2 Be7 23. f5 Nge5 24. Nf4 Nc4 25. Qf2 Qh6 26. Rde1 Bd8 27. a4 Bb6 28.
Qa2 d5 29. exd5+ Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1+ Ne3+ 31. Kh2 Re7 32. d6 Re5 33. a5 Bd4 34.
Nce2 Bxe2 35. Nxe2 Nd5 36. b5 Bc5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Qc2 Ne3 39. Qa4 Rc8 40.
Bxe5 fxe5 41. Kh3 Kd7 42. Qb3 Bxd6 43. f6 Rf8 44. Ng3 Nd5 45. Qb7+ Bc7 46. Qa6
Nf4+ 47. Kg4 Rg8+ 0-1[/pgn]
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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

Post by Chessqueen »

The main strategy here is to never give Komodo a position where Komodo can use his tactical ability and with the extra Bishop and pawn to keep the pressure where Komodo is forced to keep some of his pieces defending its King :roll:

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PP1PPPPP/RNBQK1NR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 g5 3. Be5 f6 4. Bg3 d6 5. h4 g4 6. Nc3 e5 7. e4 Ne7 8. f4 gxf3
9. gxf3 Nbc6 10. Nge2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Rg8 12. Nde2 Ne5 13. f4 Nf3+ 14. Kf2 Bg4
15. Qc2 c6 16. Rad1 Qb6+ 17. Kg2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Kf2 Ng6 20. b4 Rg7 21. Qe3
Rd7 22. Kg2 Be7 23. f5 Nge5 24. Nf4 Nc4 25. Qf2 Qh6 26. Rde1 Bd8 27. a4 Bb6 28.
Qa2 d5 29. exd5+ Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1+ Ne3+ 31. Kh2 Re7 32. d6 Re5 33. a5 Bd4 34.
Nce2 Bxe2 35. Nxe2 Nd5 36. b5 Bc5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Qc2 Ne3 39. Qa4 Rc8 40.
Bxe5 fxe5 41. Kh3 Kd7 42. Qb3 Bxd6 43. f6 Rf8 44. Ng3 Nd5 45. Qb7+ Bc7 46. Qa6
Nf4+ 47. Kg4 Rg8+ 0-1
[/quote]

Komodo can NOT play well with a Knight plus pawn odds, it is simply too much material to give away.

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PP1PPPPP/R1BQKBNR w Kkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Re1
Qe7 9. Rc1 Na6 10. Nd2 Rac8 11. Nc4 Bb4 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. e3 Rfd8
15. Re2 Qf8 16. Kg2 Be7 17. a3 Bxa3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Kg1 c5 21.
Ra1 cxd4 22. exd4 Nc7 23. Na3 e5 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Qf1 Ba6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4
Rxc4 28. Rea2 Rc7 29. Rb2 Nc3 30. Qe1 Rd3 31. h3 b5 32. Kg2 b4 33. Ra5 Rcd7 34.
h4 f5 35. Qc1 f4 0-1[/pgn][/pgn]
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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

Post by Chessqueen »

Chessqueen wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 5:06 pm The main strategy here is to never give Komodo a position where Komodo can use his tactical ability and with the extra Bishop and pawn to keep the pressure where Komodo is forced to keep some of his pieces defending its King :roll:

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PP1PPPPP/RNBQK1NR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 g5 3. Be5 f6 4. Bg3 d6 5. h4 g4 6. Nc3 e5 7. e4 Ne7 8. f4 gxf3
9. gxf3 Nbc6 10. Nge2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Rg8 12. Nde2 Ne5 13. f4 Nf3+ 14. Kf2 Bg4
15. Qc2 c6 16. Rad1 Qb6+ 17. Kg2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Kf2 Ng6 20. b4 Rg7 21. Qe3
Rd7 22. Kg2 Be7 23. f5 Nge5 24. Nf4 Nc4 25. Qf2 Qh6 26. Rde1 Bd8 27. a4 Bb6 28.
Qa2 d5 29. exd5+ Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1+ Ne3+ 31. Kh2 Re7 32. d6 Re5 33. a5 Bd4 34.
Nce2 Bxe2 35. Nxe2 Nd5 36. b5 Bc5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Qc2 Ne3 39. Qa4 Rc8 40.
Bxe5 fxe5 41. Kh3 Kd7 42. Qb3 Bxd6 43. f6 Rf8 44. Ng3 Nd5 45. Qb7+ Bc7 46. Qa6
Nf4+ 47. Kg4 Rg8+ 0-1[/pgn]

Komodo can NOT play well with a Knight plus pawn odds, it is simply too much material to give away.

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PP1PPPPP/R1BQKBNR w Kkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Re1
Qe7 9. Rc1 Na6 10. Nd2 Rac8 11. Nc4 Bb4 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. e3 Rfd8
15. Re2 Qf8 16. Kg2 Be7 17. a3 Bxa3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Kg1 c5 21.
Ra1 cxd4 22. exd4 Nc7 23. Na3 e5 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Qf1 Ba6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4
Rxc4 28. Rea2 Rc7 29. Rb2 Nc3 30. Qe1 Rd3 31. h3 b5 32. Kg2 b4 33. Ra5 Rcd7 34.
h4 f5 35. Qc1 f4 0-1
[/quote][/pgn]
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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

Post by Chessqueen »

Chessqueen wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 5:08 pm
Chessqueen wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 5:06 pm The main strategy here is to never give Komodo a position where Komodo can use his tactical ability and with the extra Bishop and pawn to keep the pressure where Komodo is forced to keep some of his pieces defending its King :roll:

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PP1PPPPP/RNBQK1NR w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 g5 3. Be5 f6 4. Bg3 d6 5. h4 g4 6. Nc3 e5 7. e4 Ne7 8. f4 gxf3
9. gxf3 Nbc6 10. Nge2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Rg8 12. Nde2 Ne5 13. f4 Nf3+ 14. Kf2 Bg4
15. Qc2 c6 16. Rad1 Qb6+ 17. Kg2 Qc5 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. Kf2 Ng6 20. b4 Rg7 21. Qe3
Rd7 22. Kg2 Be7 23. f5 Nge5 24. Nf4 Nc4 25. Qf2 Qh6 26. Rde1 Bd8 27. a4 Bb6 28.
Qa2 d5 29. exd5+ Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1+ Ne3+ 31. Kh2 Re7 32. d6 Re5 33. a5 Bd4 34.
Nce2 Bxe2 35. Nxe2 Nd5 36. b5 Bc5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. Qc2 Ne3 39. Qa4 Rc8 40.
Bxe5 fxe5 41. Kh3 Kd7 42. Qb3 Bxd6 43. f6 Rf8 44. Ng3 Nd5 45. Qb7+ Bc7 46. Qa6
Nf4+ 47. Kg4 Rg8+ 0-1[/pgn]

Komodo can NOT play well with a Knight plus pawn odds, it is simply too much material to give away.

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PP1PPPPP/R1BQKBNR w Kkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Re1
Qe7 9. Rc1 Na6 10. Nd2 Rac8 11. Nc4 Bb4 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. e3 Rfd8
15. Re2 Qf8 16. Kg2 Be7 17. a3 Bxa3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Kg1 c5 21.
Ra1 cxd4 22. exd4 Nc7 23. Na3 e5 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Qf1 Ba6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. bxc4
Rxc4 28. Rea2 Rc7 29. Rb2 Nc3 30. Qe1 Rd3 31. h3 b5 32. Kg2 b4 33. Ra5 Rcd7 34.
h4 f5 35. Qc1 f4 0-1[/pgn]

I'm guessing from the early queen trade that you didn't set Contempt to some appropriate value (maybe 200 for this handicap). But bishop plus pawn plus move is about equal to (White) rook odds, which is probably about fair for your level, so perhaps you might win anyway. I don't know if Dragon can play much better when down a rook or the equivalent, it's clearly stronger than normal Komodo at more modest handicaps

I did set up the contempt to 200 and White Rook Odds is still too much of an Odds for me so I decided to remove one of my pawn as well. I sent this game to my online trainer and he was extremely happy and told me You see my friend my training method is working 2 years ago you could NOT beat Komodo even with a Rook Odds and now you know why it is so important to train on tactics everyday now you are ready for Middlegame training and more endgames training from this book that my trainer is recommending me to purchase beside the Silman' s Complete Endgame Course that I am just about to finish https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/reinfe ... 1125171156

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/p1pppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/1NBQKBNR w Kkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. e4 Bb7 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Nb4 8.
a3 Na2 9. Bd3 c5 10. d5 Nxc1 11. Qxc1 Nh5 12. g3 O-O 13. Qd1 Nf6 14. O-O d6 15.
Qe2 Bc8 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Bg4 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Nc4 Re8 20. Qe3 Bf8 21. Ng5
Rc7 22. Qf4 Bh5 23. Rc3 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5+ Bg7 27. b5 Bf3
28. Bf1 Bxe4 29. Ra3 Bxd5 30. Ne3 Be6 31. Rd3 d5 32. Rd1 Ne4 33. Qf4 Nc3 34.
Rd2 d4 35. Rd3 Nxb5 36. Ng2 Bc4 37. h3 Nc3 38. Qg4 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 a5 40. Kh2 a4
41. Nf4 Kf8 42. Qf5 a3 43. h4 a2 44. h5 a1=Q 45. h6 Bxh6 0-1[/pgn]
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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

Post by JJJ »

In the meantime, Did Penguin say yes for a match ?
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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

Post by Chessqueen »

JJJ wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:19 pm In the meantime, Did Penguin say yes for a match ?
What is Penguin his rating, is he a person ?

I was wondering if Komodo MCTS was really much better at 960, so I decided to take a Rook Odds and give it my b7 pawn

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbnrkqnr/p1pppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBN1KQNR w Kk - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. b3 c5 2. Nd3 c4 3. bxc4 Nb6 4. c5 Nc4 5. f3 Bc7 6. a3 Nxa3 7. Kf2 e5 8. Bc3
Nh6 9. e3 e4 10. Ba2 exd3 11. Qxd3 Rb8 12. Ne2 f6 13. Ba5 Nb5 14. Bxc7 Nxc7 15.
Qa3 a6 16. h4 Qe7 17. Nf4 Kd8 18. Bc4 Re8 19. Bd3 g5 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Ne2 Qf8
22. Qa4 Re5 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Qa1 Re7 25. Nd4 g4 26. Nxc6+ dxc6 27. Qd4+ Nd5 28.
c4 gxf3 29. gxf3 Rb4 30. Rh5 Rd7 31. Ke2 Nf6 32. Qf4 Nhg8 33. Ra5 Rb3 34. Rxa6
Qg7 35. Qe5 Ne7 36. Ra8+ Nc8 37. Qa5+ Ke7 38. Bc2 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Rxe3+ 40. dxe3
Qxc2 41. Qe5+ Kf7 0-1[/pgn]
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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

Post by Chessqueen »

[quote=JJJ post_id=875591 time=1607343588 user_id=7438]
In the meantime, Did Penguin say yes for a match ?

I was wondering if Komodo MCTS was really much better at 960, so I decided to take a Rook Odds and give it my b7 pawn

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbnrkqnr/p1pppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBN1KQNR w Kk - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. b3 c5 2. Nd3 c4 3. bxc4 Nb6 4. c5 Nc4 5. f3 Bc7 6. a3 Nxa3 7. Kf2 e5 8. Bc3
Nh6 9. e3 e4 10. Ba2 exd3 11. Qxd3 Rb8 12. Ne2 f6 13. Ba5 Nb5 14. Bxc7 Nxc7 15.
Qa3 a6 16. h4 Qe7 17. Nf4 Kd8 18. Bc4 Re8 19. Bd3 g5 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Ne2 Qf8
22. Qa4 Re5 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Qa1 Re7 25. Nd4 g4 26. Nxc6+ dxc6 27. Qd4+ Nd5 28.
c4 gxf3 29. gxf3 Rb4 30. Rh5 Rd7 31. Ke2 Nf6 32. Qf4 Nhg8 33. Ra5 Rb3 34. Rxa6
Qg7 35. Qe5 Ne7 36. Ra8+ Nc8 37. Qa5+ Ke7 38. Bc2 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Rxe3+ 40. dxe3
Qxc2 41. Qe5+ Kf7 0-1[/pgn]
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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

Post by JJJ »

Chessqueen wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 3:15 pm
JJJ wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:19 pm In the meantime, Did Penguin say yes for a match ?
What is Penguin his rating, is he a person ?

I was wondering if Komodo MCTS was really much better at 960, so I decided to take a Rook Odds and give it my b7 pawn

[pgn][Event "Blitz:20'+10""]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2020.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Komodo 13.3 64-bit"]
[Black "ChessQueen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbnrkqnr/p1pppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBN1KQNR w Kk - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[TimeControl "1200+10"]

1. b3 c5 2. Nd3 c4 3. bxc4 Nb6 4. c5 Nc4 5. f3 Bc7 6. a3 Nxa3 7. Kf2 e5 8. Bc3
Nh6 9. e3 e4 10. Ba2 exd3 11. Qxd3 Rb8 12. Ne2 f6 13. Ba5 Nb5 14. Bxc7 Nxc7 15.
Qa3 a6 16. h4 Qe7 17. Nf4 Kd8 18. Bc4 Re8 19. Bd3 g5 20. hxg5 fxg5 21. Ne2 Qf8
22. Qa4 Re5 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Qa1 Re7 25. Nd4 g4 26. Nxc6+ dxc6 27. Qd4+ Nd5 28.
c4 gxf3 29. gxf3 Rb4 30. Rh5 Rd7 31. Ke2 Nf6 32. Qf4 Nhg8 33. Ra5 Rb3 34. Rxa6
Qg7 35. Qe5 Ne7 36. Ra8+ Nc8 37. Qa5+ Ke7 38. Bc2 Qg2+ 39. Ke1 Rxe3+ 40. dxe3
Qxc2 41. Qe5+ Kf7 0-1[/pgn]
It's Andrew Tang. Of course he is human. He is one of the best in the world at bullet. Only 3 players are really above him. I think Komodo would be favorite, even with a 1 sec increment ( 1+1 ).
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Re: An idea for new Handicap games for dragon

Post by lkaufman »

JJJ wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:19 pm In the meantime, Did Penguin say yes for a match ?
No, I didn't get a reply from him.
Komodo rules!