Details about Leela Chalange in Jerusalem

[Uri Blass]

Need help to publicize it in english that is not my native language.
Feel free to correct me before I try to give the details in english:

Leela Challenge in Jerusalem:
18 players. 2 games against Leela in a version adapted to play with odds.

Leela without Rook A1 in the first game.
If you did not win then again Rook A1 odds in the second game.
Else Knight Odds when you can choose if to play against Leela Without Knight G1 or without Knight B1

Maximal Prize pool 18000 shekels(18000 only if all humans win twice)

900 shekels for winning the first game and 300 shekels for a draw
If you won the first then 900 shekels for winning the second, and 300 shekels for a draw in the second
If you didn't win the first then 600 shekels for winning the second and 200 shekels for a draw in the second.

Players can win less than the maximal prizes based on number of participants and prizes but I will not reduce the sum of prizes to less than 9000 shekels(for example if all players win twice the prize is going to be 1000 shekel for everyone and not 1800 shekels for everyone) but if all players draw all games then I am not going to reduce the prize to less than 500 shekel for everybody

Special reservation of places for:
Players who will contribute the most to the prize fund (4 places)
Members of the Israeli women's national team
Players who won the previous duel against Komodo Dragon without a knight
Those with the highest international fide rating among the players who register.

Location: Yerushalmi Club, Yohanan Ben Zakkai Street 5, Jerusalem
Game pace 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move

For details and registration, Dr. Uri Blass 0544544845
Good luck to all competitors.

[Uri Blass]

IThe following participants may play

1)Ariel Erenberg(fide rating 2489)
2)Guy Levin(fide rating 2473 still did not give a final reply)
3)NadavZemach(fide rating 2412)
4)Guy Gov(fide rating 2224)
5)Itay Sitbon(fide rating 2169)
6)Pavel Chernomordik(fide rating 2167)
7)Igor Berenboym(fide rating 2043)
8)Alon Cohen(fide rating 2025)
9)Doron Cogan(fide rating 1826)
10)Oded Ross(no fide rating but won in the previous match)

[towforce]

Looks interesting!

Suggestions:

1. Provide a date

2. Put up a web page - ideally with a live updating results section (a shared Google spreadsheet will do fine - no need to become a web design expert)

3. Use a chatbot or https://translate.google.com/ to do your translation and just have a human check it

[Uri Blass]

I see that I simply forgot to copy the line of the date to here.

I also did not like the translation but here is the automatic translation of what I wrote earlier in hebrew:

It use the word four instead of odds(I replace the word four with the word odds everywhere and corrected another unclear sentence and here is the result(not sure if 5 nines of this is clear and maybe it is better to write simply 5/9 of this):

♟ Leela Challenge in Jerusalem – 29.11.2025 | 17:30 ♟
18 players. Two games against Leela in a version adapted to play with Odds.
Odds: Rook A1 in the first game.
If you don't win – a second game also with Rook Odds.
If you do win – you choose to play against Leela without a knight B1 or G1.

Prize pool: 9,000 NIS to 18,000 NIS
Maximum prizes for success (guaranteed minimum prize of at least 5 nines of this):
– Win in the first game: 900 NIS
– Draw in the first game: 300 NIS
– Win in the second game: 600 NIS (or 900 NIS if night without a knight)
– Draw in the second game: 200 NIS (or 300 NIS if night without a knight)

Players may win less – depending on the number of participants and prizes.
(Example: If all 18 participants win twice – the prize will be 1000 NIS per person and not 1800 per person)

🎟 Special reservation of places for:
- Players who will contribute the most to the prize fund (4 places)
- Members of the Israeli women's national team
- Winners against Komodo-Dragon without a knight
- Those with the highest international rating among those registered

Location: Yerushalmi Club, Yohanan Ben Zakkai Street 5, Jerusalem

Game pace: 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move

For details and registration – Dr. Uri Blass: 054-4544845
Good luck to all contestants!

Last date for early registration 14.11 Those who request to register later will have lower priority.

[chrisw]

Need help to publicize it in english that is not my native language.
Feel free to correct me before I try to give the details in english:

Leela Challenge in Jerusalem:
18 players. 2 games against Leela in a version adapted to play with odds.

Leela without Rook A1 in the first game.
If you did not win then again Rook A1 odds in the second game.
Else Knight Odds when you can choose if to play against Leela Without Knight G1 or without Knight B1

Maximal Prize pool 18000 shekels(18000 only if all humans win twice)

900 shekels for winning the first game and 300 shekels for a draw
If you won the first then 900 shekels for winning the second, and 300 shekels for a draw in the second
If you didn't win the first then 600 shekels for winning the second and 200 shekels for a draw in the second.

Players can win less than the maximal prizes based on number of participants and prizes but I will not reduce the sum of prizes to less than 9000 shekels(for example if all players win twice the prize is going to be 1000 shekel for everyone and not 1800 shekels for everyone) but if all players draw all games then I am not going to reduce the prize to less than 500 shekel for everybody

Special reservation of places for:
Players who will contribute the most to the prize fund (4 places)
Members of the Israeli women's national team
Players who won the previous duel against Komodo Dragon without a knight
Those with the highest international fide rating among the players who register.

Location: Yerushalmi Club, Yohanan Ben Zakkai Street 5, Jerusalem
Game pace 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move

For details and registration, Dr. Uri Blass 0544544845
Good luck to all competitors.

Given the location, did you ask the Leela people for permission to use their engine?

[Uri Blass]

Need help to publicize it in english that is not my native language.
Feel free to correct me before I try to give the details in english:

Leela Challenge in Jerusalem:
18 players. 2 games against Leela in a version adapted to play with odds.

Leela without Rook A1 in the first game.
If you did not win then again Rook A1 odds in the second game.
Else Knight Odds when you can choose if to play against Leela Without Knight G1 or without Knight B1

Maximal Prize pool 18000 shekels(18000 only if all humans win twice)

900 shekels for winning the first game and 300 shekels for a draw
If you won the first then 900 shekels for winning the second, and 300 shekels for a draw in the second
If you didn't win the first then 600 shekels for winning the second and 200 shekels for a draw in the second.

Players can win less than the maximal prizes based on number of participants and prizes but I will not reduce the sum of prizes to less than 9000 shekels(for example if all players win twice the prize is going to be 1000 shekel for everyone and not 1800 shekels for everyone) but if all players draw all games then I am not going to reduce the prize to less than 500 shekel for everybody

Special reservation of places for:
Players who will contribute the most to the prize fund (4 places)
Members of the Israeli women's national team
Players who won the previous duel against Komodo Dragon without a knight
Those with the highest international fide rating among the players who register.

Location: Yerushalmi Club, Yohanan Ben Zakkai Street 5, Jerusalem
Game pace 90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move

For details and registration, Dr. Uri Blass 0544544845
Good luck to all competitors.

Given the location, did you ask the Leela people for permission to use their engine?

I do not have the Leela engine so it is clear that I cannot use it without their agreement.

I posted the location in the Leela discord and I think there is no problem.
The Leela team do not need to be physically in the location and I do not believe there is going to be a problem with the location.

[Uri Blass]

translation of the words of the club manager Alon Cohen in a dialogue with me about it:

Alon Cohen Revivo: It's close to the city center
At the Oranim intersection
Uri Blass: So to answer that it's not true that Palestinians need a special permit because it's East Jerusalem, right?
Alon Cohen Revivo: Very true
Alon Cohen Revivo: It's between Emek Refaim Street and Pierre Kooning Street
Alon Cohen Revivo: Anyone who wants to come in is welcome.
Alon Cohen Revivo: Very simple.

[Uri Blass]

I guess AI is misleading here but here is a map of the place

https://mapy.com/en/zakladni?source=pub ... 43544&z=17

Edit:I did not check if it is correct and simply search by google and I will check it

[chrisw]

translation of the words of the club manager Alon Cohen in a dialogue with me about it:

Alon Cohen Revivo: It's close to the city center
At the Oranim intersection
Uri Blass: So to answer that it's not true that Palestinians need a special permit because it's East Jerusalem, right?
Alon Cohen Revivo: Very true
Alon Cohen Revivo: It's between Emek Refaim Street and Pierre Kooning Street
Alon Cohen Revivo: Anyone who wants to come in is welcome.
Alon Cohen Revivo: Very simple.

The AI answer came back that its an important jewish religious site (The Four Synagogues) in the heart of the jewish quarter. Palestinians from the West Bank (not East Jerusalem) require a military permit (not easy to get). Getting into the area requires submitting to apartheid based military security.

Do you have Palestinian players? Have you invited any?

[Uri Blass]

This is a map of the place

google.com/maps/place/מועדון+ירושחמט%E2%80%AD/@31.7589357,35.2131827,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x1502d75d8720101d:0x6aba3ec34f84f3f8!8m2!3d31.7589357!4d35.2131827!16s%2Fg%2F11nn11yybj?coh=277534&entry=tts&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTEwNC4xIMuAESoASAFQAw%3D%3D&skid=7e1349d6-aaec-4c47-b627-92ba49371be2

I did not invite Palestinian players but if they are strong enough or want to donate money to the event they can play from my point of view.