Queen for Knight challenge

[Father]

In order to spur interest in the little-known LeelaQueenForKnight bot, I offered a $300 prize for the first FIDE titled player of known identity (NMs allowed if rated over 2600 blitz or Rapid on Lichess or chess.com) to win a 30 game blitz match from the bot. Initially it was restricted to 3'0" (or 2'1"), but since no one even came close in the first 3 days, despite many IMs and one GM trying, the max time limit has been raised to 3'1", which many consider to be comparable online to the standard over-the-board blitz time control of 3'2". Maybe soon we will see someone claim the prize. There are some restrictions, Leela gets White, the player must have an established online blitz or Rapid rating over 2500, the 30 games must be consecutive and played within a 16 hour window, and the prize won't be awarded if there is evidence of cheating (computer use). The title and rating restrictions are meant to weed out players who would almost certainly not be able to win the match without cheating; exceptions will be made for known strong players on request. In general, players below FM level can't even win a blitz match at full queen odds, so it probably takes GM blitz level to do so at queen for knight odds. But at 3'0" or 2'1" the best result so far was by IM Kacper Drozdowski, a really top level blitz player (3070 on chess.com), who scored 8 points in the 30 games.

It’s beyond me how bullet and blitz prove anything. It’s way too easy to make dumb errors of blindness at those time controls. Results are a fix. Please try again at 30 minutes or one hour per game.

... the fact that LeelaQueenOdds even draws a single game is something phenomenal. Phenomenal at any level of play, I would think. I have not stopped being amazed by the results of the Odds robots. And the one that surprises me the most is QueenOdds. Personally, my interaction with the machines occurs at crucial moments, and the advent of the Odds is one of these moments. Now my analysis points to something different that would be called: 'The science fiction of science fiction.' ... 'the moment or day when QueenOdds beats all humans in a match at the level of 1 minute 0 increment. I don’t know if that will be possible or not. When the Great Federated aspire no more than to draw against LeelaQueenOdds in 1 minute 0 increment, personally, Catecan will stubbornly want to return to the path and walk in search of illusions after the lost treasure... all of this is a four-corner challenge... Programmers and computation teams; hardware and players, AI.'