Two-Bishop odds match: human vs engines.

[pepechuy]

Hi to all.

I am beginning a new challenge.
I am taking a handicap of two bishops against Crafty, Komodo, Lc0 and Stockfish (the engines that can be downloaded directly within Banksia).
I will play until I win one game against each engine.

All default settings, except:
All engines with ponder on.
Crafty with resign = 327.66
Komodo with contempt = 150
(if you have a suggestion to improve this settings, feel free to write it).

I played the first game against Crafty yesterday.
I doubted about playing 12... Qb3 (exchanging queens), as I realized that I would be losing a pawn (my main option was 12... Bc5). But I thought, I am two bishops up... I should not be worrying about a pawn.
I still do not know how to prevent Crafty from resigning. I did set up resign = 327.66
After 54. Kg1, Crafty's evaluation is -327.61 (still five centipawns from the resign setting).
Anyway, it was mate in two from the final position, I will assume that I would have actually delivered mate (instead of stalemating Crafty).

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crafty-25.3"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[Time "17:36:07"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RN1QK1NR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "resign"]

1. Nf3 {-7.11/25 149293 514641896} 1... Nf6 2. O-O {-7.11/25 40747 134813169}
2... c5 3. d4 {-7.11/22 107905 371971296} 3... cxd4 4. Qxd4 {-7.10/22 58661
194366957} 4... Nc6 5. Qd3 {-7.17/23 112872 446314114} 5... d5 6. c4 {-7.30/22
24591 93537808} 6... e5 7. cxd5 {-7.47/24 20288 40733367} 7... Qxd5 8. Qc2
{-7.48/24 19937 72144233} 8... Nd4 9. Nxd4 {-7.26/23 19671 66818239} 9... exd4
10. Nd2 {-7.41/23 29057 97725002} 10... Bf5 11. Qa4+ {-7.57/26 18718 75417484}
11... Bd7 12. Qb3 {-7.57/25 18330 28714019} 12... Qxb3 13. Nxb3 {-6.81/24 18188
48664912} 13... Rc8 14. Rac1 {-6.91/24 30258 59852469} 14... Be7 15. Rxc8+
{-6.63/23 17501 46224896} 15... Bxc8 16. Nxd4 {-6.74/24 17136 12153038} 16...
O-O 17. e3 {-6.90/25 34084 130182328} 17... Bd7 18. Rc1 {-6.62/25 30197
117364945} 18... Rc8 19. Rxc8+ {-6.65/24 15606 37484085} 19... Bxc8 20. Kf1
{-6.79/25 45814 179999048} 20... Kf8 21. Ke1 {-6.82/22 48451 200857143} 21...
Bc5 22. Nf3 {-6.95/21 57658 255694380} 22... Be6 23. a3 {-7.08/24 11770
52763151} 23... Ke7 24. h3 {-7.05/23 28066 104809718} 24... Bd5 25. Ke2
{-7.16/23 11146 48884849} 25... Bxf3+ 26. Kxf3 {-7.44/23 36732 194391759} 26...
Kd6 27. Ke2 {-7.55/23 32821 165181199} 27... Kd5 28. Kd3 {-7.87/23 31122
160752125} 28... Bd6 29. f3 {-7.67/20 13346 50964165} 29... Be5 30. Kc2
{-8.10/22 37261 175229519} 30... Kc4 31. b3+ {-7.95/20 11316 53542989} 31... Kc5
32. h4 {-8.23/22 28695 158132039} 32... Nd5 33. Kd2 {-7.82/22 10018 52316635}
33... Bb2 34. e4 {-9.16/22 11105 56849828} 34... Nf4 35. g3 {-9.92/23 15793
87436013} 35... Ne6 36. a4 {-10.32/23 16158 85731885} 36... Kb4 37. Kd3
{-10.62/19 14983 81480969} 37... Kxb3 38. a5 {-13.43/21 12552 71467880} 38... a6
39. f4 {-10.88/19 11304 31363140} 39... Nc5+ 40. Kd2 {-14.15/20 10673 51721175}
40... Kb4 41. e5 {-11.44/20 10535 54679201} 41... Kxa5 42. Kc2 {-13.11/20 9879
39283971} 42... Bd4 43. f5 {-15.63/20 9886 47687399} 43... Bxe5 44. Kd2
{-18.10/20 9969 43528287} 44... Kb4 45. g4 {-22.73/19 9987 40307505} 45... a5
46. g5 {-24.09/19 9959 45809356} 46... a4 47. g6 {-327.45/20 10001 55734379}
47... hxg6 48. f6 {-327.49/22 9670 38692827} 48... gxf6 49. Kc2 {-327.51/21
10594 54922124} 49... a3 50. Kc1 {-327.53/20 5932 25011183} 50... a2 51. Kd1
{-327.55/23 6929 20303143} 51... a1=Q+ 52. Ke2 {-327.57/28 7099 17876852} 52...
Qc3 53. Kf1 {-327.59/39 7056 22614743} 53... Qd2 54. Kg1 {-327.61/124 2185
7051180} 54... Ne4 0-1
[/pgn]

Next game, against Komodo, when I get the chance.
Very likely today in the evening, otherwise until tomorrow.

Greetings.

[pepechuy]

Hi.

Now, the game against Komodo.
A win for me.
After 4. Nc3, I decided to go for 4... b4. This way, the white knight is either forced to the edge (where it is out of play, and easy to exchange when the time comes), or to go back, losing tempo.
My bishop on b7 was not particularly well placed, but it is better to have it somewhere on the board.
I felt confident about the win after the queen exchange. But even a few moves before that I was optimistic, when I realized that Komodo would not be able to challenge the b-file (the only open file). If it tried Rb3, I had a4 in hand.

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Komodo 12.1.1 64-bit"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "3500"]
[Time "20:29:07"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RN1QK1NR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "mate"]

1. d4 {-5.50/24 34878 25210947} 1... Nf6 2. c4 {-5.63/25 58216 41456038} 2... c5
3. d5 {-5.86/26 56774 50298008} 3... b5 4. Nc3 {-5.88/24 96372 84608225} 4... b4
5. Na4 {-6.44/25 10 104184858} 5... d6 6. a3 {-6.53/25 36893 34682779} 6... a5
7. e3 {-6.65/27 10 47639937} 7... g6 8. Ne2 {-6.70/26 25876 34947513} 8... Bg7
9. O-O {-6.80/26 53734 45428439} 9... O-O 10. Qc2 {-6.87/25 27839 36206018}
10... Nbd7 11. f3 {-7.17/26 113166 127436638} 11... Bb7 12. Rfd1 {-6.79/23 73708
61044781} 12... Nb6 13. Nxb6 {-7.08/24 34533 35171641} 13... Qxb6 14. Ng3
{-7.37/24 72497 72622104} 14... Rfb8 15. Rab1 {-7.54/22 28487 27049003} 15...
Bc8 16. Nf1 {-8.15/23 93011 85483575} 16... Bd7 17. g4 {-7.44/22 25777 24152949}
17... bxa3 18. bxa3 {-7.73/23 21180 21627971} 18... Qd8 19. Nd2 {-8.08/25 54863
53763459} 19... Rxb1 20. Rxb1 {-8.30/24 19309 20775811} 20... Rb8 21. g5
{-8.70/25 65785 67154877} 21... Ne8 22. Kg2 {-8.69/24 18766 27099881} 22... Rb6
23. Kf1 {-9.03/24 22094 26595947} 23... Qb8 24. Ke2 {-9.55/26 14962 18623792}
24... Rxb1 25. Nxb1 {-10.04/27 21857 41763299} 25... Qb2 26. Qxb2 {-10.07/25
12757 16131167} 26... Bxb2 27. Kd3 {-10.29/25 14328 23735359} 27... Nc7 28. Kc2
{-10.29/25 37709 47504767} 28... Be5 29. f4 {-10.65/26 22222 38638546} 29... Bg7
30. Nd2 {-10.70/23 12975 16334299} 30... Na8 31. Kd3 {-11.17/24 10 31197767}
31... Nb6 32. Kc2 {-11.47/23 8952 15125883} 32... a4 33. Kc1 {-12.74/25 38785
51497877} 33... Bg4 34. e4 {-12.81/22 11150 15788842} 34... Be2 35. e5
{-13.72/23 10044 13745419} 35... Nxc4 36. Nb1 {-14.22/23 10000 13980258} 36...
dxe5 37. Nc3 {-15.08/23 8670 10605853} 37... Bf3 38. fxe5 {-16.17/24 10
14941295} 38... Bxe5 39. Nxa4 {-18.95/21 9092 11919139} 39... Bxh2 40. Nxc5
{-12.05/24 6471 9840341} 40... Nxa3 41. Kd2 {-14.31/26 14115 21220255} 41...
Bf4+ 42. Ke1 {-16.52/27 10 20986280} 42... Bxd5 43. Kf1 {-19.42/27 4070
30156895} 43... Bxg5 44. Na4 {-19.72/27 7911 20788513} 44... Bf6 45. Ke2
{M-18/21 38246 69483060} 45... h5 46. Nb6 {M-13/23 10 77687306} 46... Be6 47.
Na4 {M-14/17 1238 2156226} 47... h4 48. Kf3 {M-10/21 10 28888828} 48... g5 49.
Nc5 {M-14/17 2212 3801145} 49... Bf5 50. Nb3 {M-12/17 2429 4512932} 50... Be5
51. Nd2 {M-12/16 2188 4310055} 51... g4+ 52. Ke2 {M-9/19 1201 2272508} 52... Nc2
53. Nc4 {M-11/18 1377 2651725} 53... Nd4+ 54. Ke3 {M-13/15 1662 3025977} 54...
Nc2+ 55. Kd2 {M-11/18 1452 2801097} 55... Bf4+ 56. Kc3 {M-8/23 10 10148433}
56... h3 57. Nb6 {M-7/26 10 9917537} 57... h2 58. Kc4 {M-6/23 1728 3876691}
58... h1=Q 59. Nd5 {M-5/78 10 71385291} 59... Qe4+ 60. Kc5 {M-4/99 663 2020339}
60... Bd6+ 61. Kb6 {M-3/99 10 94027} 61... Qxd5 62. Ka7 {M-2/99 10 5628} 62...
Qb5 63. Ka8 {M-1/99 10 197} 63... Qb8# 0-1
[/pgn]

The next game, against Lc0, as soon as I can.
Very likely tomorrow.

Greetings.

[Fritz 0]

Not that it is my business, but why don't you just find an adequate level of Dragon or Komodo (or any other engine) and play normal chess? Maybe I am wrong, but it seems to me that this way you mostly get better in trading pieces without damaging your position way too much.

[lkaufman]

Not that it is my business, but why don't you just find an adequate level of Dragon or Komodo (or any other engine) and play normal chess? Maybe I am wrong, but it seems to me that this way you mostly get better in trading pieces without damaging your position way too much.

Both methods of training have pros and cons; when I play against Dragon, sometimes I play it at a suitable Elo setting in normal chess, other times I play it at full strength with knight odds. The Elo setting is obviously a much better simulation of a human opponent, so that is a strong plus point, but just like a human, it is inconsistent, sometimes it will miss tactics that I can see, other games it won't. So the results seem to depend more on Dragon (or more precisely whether I can reach positions that make it miss tactics), whereas with knight odds at full strength it will always play so far beyond my level that there will never be a chance of winning due to computer error, it just comes down to whether my technique is good enough to win the winning positions. So for simulating human play, the Elo method is best, but if your problem is failure to win from winning positions then the odds method is the solution.

[pepechuy]

Not that it is my business, but why don't you just find an adequate level of Dragon or Komodo (or any other engine) and play normal chess? Maybe I am wrong, but it seems to me that this way you mostly get better in trading pieces without damaging your position way too much.

Hi.

I am doing it for fun (that is, I am not trying to improve my chess, but I realize that some regular chess activity helps).
Actually, I also want to play against weakened engines, but Chess960 instead of "normal" chess.
Oh, and I also want to play with smaller odds, but from endgame positions, and so on.

About trading pieces without damaging my position... ¡it is more difficult that it looks like!
In particular, Komodo poses some kind of threat almost every move. I have to be on guard, even if objectively the position should be an "easy" win (it might be easy for an international master or grandmaster, but not for an amateur player).
Also, I am not primarily trying to exchange pieces (I think Chessqueen does that). I am trying to activate my pieces without creating too many weaknesses. Inevitably, some exchanges do occur, and with each one there are less chances of me blundering.

Greetings.

[pepechuy]

Hi.

After a long break, the game against Lc0.
A win for me.

Lc0 kept sacrificing pawns (in addition to the two bishop odds), and did not allow me to develop in the first moves.
I was somewhat worried, and had to use a lot of time to make sure I was not blundering into mate or a big material loss.
Fortunately, I was able to parry all the threats.

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lc0 v0.27.0"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "3500"]
[Time "18:22:35"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RN1QK1NR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "mate"]

1. d4 {-11.25/4 89276 6643} 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 {-12.31/4 41908 2540} 2... c5 3. d5
{-12.07/4 37998 2607} 3... e6 4. c4 {-13.03/4 28229 2240} 4... b5 5. O-O
{-12.00/4 27674 2094} 5... bxc4 6. e4 {-10.88/5 34813 3193} 6... Nxe4 7. Re1
{-10.33/5 8449 2248} 7... Nf6 8. Nc3 {-11.09/5 35766 2255} 8... Bb7 9. Ne5
{-9.58/5 23858 1842} 9... Nxd5 10. Qh5 {-7.66/6 27586 2639} 10... g6 11. Qf3
{-9.57/7 223 1904} 11... Qf6 12. Qg3 {-10.19/5 15876 2363} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3
{-12.45/5 29445 3187} 13... Bg7 14. Rab1 {-14.02/5 49695 3638} 14... Bc6 15.
Nxc4 {-16.95/5 21673 2113} 15... O-O 16. Rbc1 {-14.95/4 20879 2147} 16... Bd5
17. Ne3 {-23.78/4 20202 2094} 17... Nc6 18. c4 {-22.25/4 44795 3991} 18... Be4
19. Rcd1 {-19.15/5 30274 2250} 19... d5 20. f3 {-26.85/4 26584 2016} 20... Bf5
21. cxd5 {-28.16/5 7672 2141} 21... Nd4 22. Kh1 {-26.74/4 30288 2890} 22... Rfd8
23. Qf2 {-32.70/4 43498 3576} 23... exd5 24. Rc1 {-34.39/4 25003 2379} 24...
Rac8 25. Rcd1 {-43.93/4 27943 2355} 25... Be6 26. Rb1 {-18.37/4 29167 2340}
26... Nf5 27. Ng4 {-48.74/4 38984 2735} 27... Qd4 28. Qxd4 {-63.29/4 28968 2047}
28... Nxd4 29. Rbc1 {-64.74/4 23719 2238} 29... c4 30. Kg1 {-67.92/4 25088 2168}
30... Rb8 31. Kf1 {-64.28/4 27535 1977} 31... Rb2 32. Rb1 {-35.05/4 23340 1634}
32... Rdb8 33. Rxb2 {-33.06/5 15990 1290} 33... Rxb2 34. Nf2 {-67.93/4 29599
2809} 34... Nc2 35. Re2 {-62.89/5 19433 1566} 35... Rb1+ 36. Nd1 {-72.01/1 10
251} 36... Rxd1+ 37. Kf2 {-78.95/5 12492 963} 37... Na3 38. Rxe6 {-74.46/4 40090
3032} 38... fxe6 39. Kg3 {-96.19/4 16732 2057} 39... c3 40. f4 {-105.07/4 24319
2196} 40... c2 41. Kg4 {-105.87/4 34559 3249} 41... c1=Q 42. g3 {-101.35/4 17806
2036} 42... Rd3 43. Kg5 {-98.68/4 9506 895} 43... Qg1 44. f5 {-107.58/3 324 60}
44... Qxh2 45. Kg4 {-126.45/2 10 39} 45... Qxg3# 0-1
[/pgn]

The next game, against Stockfish, as soon as I can.
Probably tomorrow, otherwise until the weekend.

Greetings.

[Chessqueen]

Hi.

After a long break, the game against Lc0.
A win for me.

Lc0 kept sacrificing pawns (in addition to the two bishop odds), and did not allow me to develop in the first moves.
I was somewhat worried, and had to use a lot of time to make sure I was not blundering into mate or a big material loss.
Fortunately, I was able to parry all the threats.

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lc0 v0.27.0"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "3500"]
[Time "18:22:35"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RN1QK1NR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "mate"]

1. d4 {-11.25/4 89276 6643} 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 {-12.31/4 41908 2540} 2... c5 3. d5
{-12.07/4 37998 2607} 3... e6 4. c4 {-13.03/4 28229 2240} 4... b5 5. O-O
{-12.00/4 27674 2094} 5... bxc4 6. e4 {-10.88/5 34813 3193} 6... Nxe4 7. Re1
{-10.33/5 8449 2248} 7... Nf6 8. Nc3 {-11.09/5 35766 2255} 8... Bb7 9. Ne5
{-9.58/5 23858 1842} 9... Nxd5 10. Qh5 {-7.66/6 27586 2639} 10... g6 11. Qf3
{-9.57/7 223 1904} 11... Qf6 12. Qg3 {-10.19/5 15876 2363} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3
{-12.45/5 29445 3187} 13... Bg7 14. Rab1 {-14.02/5 49695 3638} 14... Bc6 15.
Nxc4 {-16.95/5 21673 2113} 15... O-O 16. Rbc1 {-14.95/4 20879 2147} 16... Bd5
17. Ne3 {-23.78/4 20202 2094} 17... Nc6 18. c4 {-22.25/4 44795 3991} 18... Be4
19. Rcd1 {-19.15/5 30274 2250} 19... d5 20. f3 {-26.85/4 26584 2016} 20... Bf5
21. cxd5 {-28.16/5 7672 2141} 21... Nd4 22. Kh1 {-26.74/4 30288 2890} 22... Rfd8
23. Qf2 {-32.70/4 43498 3576} 23... exd5 24. Rc1 {-34.39/4 25003 2379} 24...
Rac8 25. Rcd1 {-43.93/4 27943 2355} 25... Be6 26. Rb1 {-18.37/4 29167 2340}
26... Nf5 27. Ng4 {-48.74/4 38984 2735} 27... Qd4 28. Qxd4 {-63.29/4 28968 2047}
28... Nxd4 29. Rbc1 {-64.74/4 23719 2238} 29... c4 30. Kg1 {-67.92/4 25088 2168}
30... Rb8 31. Kf1 {-64.28/4 27535 1977} 31... Rb2 32. Rb1 {-35.05/4 23340 1634}
32... Rdb8 33. Rxb2 {-33.06/5 15990 1290} 33... Rxb2 34. Nf2 {-67.93/4 29599
2809} 34... Nc2 35. Re2 {-62.89/5 19433 1566} 35... Rb1+ 36. Nd1 {-72.01/1 10
251} 36... Rxd1+ 37. Kf2 {-78.95/5 12492 963} 37... Na3 38. Rxe6 {-74.46/4 40090
3032} 38... fxe6 39. Kg3 {-96.19/4 16732 2057} 39... c3 40. f4 {-105.07/4 24319
2196} 40... c2 41. Kg4 {-105.87/4 34559 3249} 41... c1=Q 42. g3 {-101.35/4 17806
2036} 42... Rd3 43. Kg5 {-98.68/4 9506 895} 43... Qg1 44. f5 {-107.58/3 324 60}
44... Qxh2 45. Kg4 {-126.45/2 10 39} 45... Qxg3# 0-1
[/pgn]

The next game, against Stockfish, as soon as I can.
Probably tomorrow, otherwise until the weekend.

Greetings.

I believe that playing with a Knight Odds or even Bishop odds plus removing a pawn from Komodo would be more challenging for you and for us to witness since you have already proven to beat Komodo 12.1 with a Rook odds, or simply set Komodo to Skill level 14 or other skill Level that match your strength.

[pepechuy]

I believe that playing with a Knight Odds or even Bishop odds plus removing a pawn from Komodo would be more challenging for you and for us to witness since you have already proven to beat Komodo 12.1 with a Rook odds, or simply set Komodo to Skill level 14 or other skill Level that match your strength.

Hi.

Most likely you are right.
But I do not want to play endless challenges.
Let me finish these ones (two minor pieces), then I will look for a more even challenge.

Greetings.

[pepechuy]

Hi.

Now, the game against Stockfish.
A win for me.

Stockfish was the only engine to go for a very early castling.
I had to play carefully, but this game was not as difficult as the previous ones. I finished with more than 11 minutes left on the clock (in the final moves, Stockfish was playing almost only on the increment).

[pgn]
[Event "banksia game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stockfish 14"]
[Black "hm::Garcia Ruvalcaba, Jose de Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "3500"]
[Time "15:37:53"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RN1QK1NR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Termination "mate"]

1. Nf3 {-9.97/29 32319 27601396} 1... Nf6 2. O-O {-10.07/28 28995 22231661} 2...
c5 3. c3 {-10.07/27 47178 38611113} 3... g6 4. b4 {-9.92/29 11131 9000149} 4...
cxb4 5. cxb4 {-9.94/31 10 18821705} 5... Bg7 6. b5 {-10.00/31 19195 18497970}
6... b6 7. Nc3 {-9.89/31 18018 15094335} 7... Bb7 8. d4 {-9.99/31 10 31175315}
8... O-O 9. e3 {-10.07/30 42407 40148108} 9... d6 10. Rc1 {-10.10/33 168521
144702801} 10... Nbd7 11. Re1 {-10.08/30 136561 118911264} 11... e6 12. a4
{-10.00/27 56588 42793623} 12... Rc8 13. Re2 {-10.04/30 5977 28851584} 13... Qc7
14. Rec2 {-9.89/26 17287 16530642} 14... Qb8 15. Nd2 {-10.00/31 102574 94954054}
15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 {-9.94/25 12721 12492010} 16... Bxd5 17. f3 {-10.00/28 46886
49183356} 17... Bb7 18. h4 {-10.41/31 188605 180492391} 18... Rxc2 19. Rxc2
{-10.46/27 30203 27366207} 19... Rc8 20. Kf2 {-10.46/27 19311 19499080} 20...
Rxc2 21. Qxc2 {-10.50/26 12110 12114300} 21... Qc8 22. Qxc8+ {-10.08/27 15184
20677942} 22... Bxc8 23. Nb3 {-10.46/34 75366 105924716} 23... Nf6 24. Nd2
{-11.00/31 34247 41631381} 24... Nd5 25. Nc4 {-11.07/32 10 10933672} 25... Bf8
26. a5 {-11.15/28 10640 16128382} 26... Bd7 27. e4 {-11.00/27 8479 13764358}
27... Bxb5 28. axb6 {-11.73/29 10 41479362} 28... Nxb6 29. Na3 {-11.95/26 18390
27606306} 29... Ba6 30. Nc2 {-12.02/27 22462 26886531} 30... Bg7 31. Ke3
{-12.00/23 3640 4921523} 31... Kf8 32. Kd2 {-11.86/28 19943 30215153} 32... Ke7
33. g4 {-12.00/26 11925 18407891} 33... Bb7 34. Ke3 {-11.88/24 7035 9686525}
34... a5 35. Ke2 {-12.50/27 10 27700847} 35... a4 36. Ke3 {-12.07/27 10828
16419542} 36... Kd7 37. Nb4 {-12.02/23 8221 12187230} 37... d5 38. Kd3
{-12.53/29 21571 33037003} 38... Bf8 39. Nc2 {-12.72/24 10 9048158} 39... Nc4
40. Kc3 {-13.09/26 20306 30636854} 40... Ba6 41. exd5 {-12.00/21 2555 3931097}
41... exd5 42. f4 {-12.97/24 7339 15906353} 42... a3 43. f5 {-14.38/27 20144
28576697} 43... a2 44. fxg6 {-60.31/32 12029 19671071} 44... fxg6 45. Kb3
{M-17/37 10 16419499} 45... Na3 46. Na1 {M-13/46 2386 3902101} 46... Bc4+ 47.
Kc3 {M-10/47 22 10749013} 47... Kc6 48. g5 {M-11/41 5533 9627998} 48... Kb5 49.
Kd2 {M-10/46 5829 13546513} 49... Bg7 50. Ke3 {M-11/52 7188 14201187} 50... Bh8
51. h5 {M-9/68 5352 7103673} 51... gxh5 52. g6 {M-9/62 5903 14104669} 52... hxg6
53. Kf4 {M-8/67 3343 14882519} 53... Bxd4 54. Kg5 {M-7/73 3873 17956420} 54...
Bxa1 55. Kxg6 {M-6/80 4923 21902473} 55... Bd4 56. Kf7 {M-5/146 8054 23584384}
56... a1=Q 57. Ke6 {M-4/245 10 6523452} 57... Qe1+ 58. Kf7 {M-3/245 114 224587}
58... Qf2+ 59. Ke8 {M-3/245 210 554100} 59... Qe3+ 60. Kf8 {M-4/245 4633
14123014} 60... Bc5+ 61. Kg7 {M-3/245 67 103970} 61... Qg5+ 62. Kh8 {M-2/245 48
16652} 62... Bd4+ 63. Kh7 {M-1/245 10 491} 63... Qg7# 0-1
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So, this challenge is over in only one round.

The next challenge is two-knight odds. I expect it to be more difficult. Lets see.
I plan to use the same settings.

Greetings.

[Chessqueen]

I believe that playing with a Knight Odds or even Bishop odds plus removing a pawn from Komodo would be more challenging for you and for us to witness since you have already proven to beat Komodo 12.1 with a Rook odds, or simply set Komodo to Skill level 14 or other skill Level that match your strength.

Hi.

Most likely you are right.
But I do not want to play endless challenges.
Let me finish these ones (two minor pieces), then I will look for a more even challenge.

Greetings.

You should try to beat bagatur for android at level 5, which is about your strength if you can beat Komodo 12.1 with a Rook Odds, since Bagatur for android at level 5 can also beat Komodo 12.1 with a Rook Odds https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... n_US&gl=US