I toast to LeelaqueenOdds and its creators. I raise my wine glass high and shout: Long live the queen. We have a queen!!

[Father]

You will be very happy to hear that a new Leaderboard is online now, with updates every few minutes! This one starts with games on Feb. 27, the day the bot was updated with the new "Search Contempt" idea, which boosted it by about 200 elo. The ratings assumed for Leela are increased by 100 when Leela is Black and by 200 when Leela is White based on a survey of games since the upgrade. So for example at 3'2" Leela as White is 2650 and as Black is 2450 now. Leela can now play 27 games at once, and the strength keeps going up, these rating estimates (for Lichess blitz) are actually still conservative, any rating you earn here is well deserved by Lichess blitz standards. https://lqo.leumon.com/

Good morning Mr. Larry Kaufman.

I hope you are well and continue well.
Today I turned on the computer and entered ODDS and compiled three dishes.
I am sharing the menu with you. Have a nice day.

Blessings.

Sincerely,

Catecan

Yes I'm fine, still upgrading the bots mostly with automated tuning of parameters; today LeelaRookOdds was updated. I think we'll have another challenge with prize money shortly, probably rook odds Rapid or slow blitz. In pure (1'0") bullet very few players can make a respectable score even with Queen odds, although one IM (Vincent Rothuis) has been scoring close to 40% recently (mostly with wins). With just rook odds it seems no one can score decently at normal (3'2") blitz, but at longer time controls the best players may have a good match.

I take my hat off to the robot LeelaRooksOdds with the utmost admiration, it is simply an amazing machine.!!

[pgn][Event "casual bullet game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/tZB0Gp8e"]
[Date "2026.06.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Catecan"]
[Black "LeelaRookOdds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "tZB0Gp8e"]
[UTCDate "2026.06.01"]
[UTCTime "13:33:29"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "3540"]
[BlackTitle "BOT"]
[Variant "From Position"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[FEN "1nbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQk - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 e6 2. f4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 h6 5. Bd3 g5 6. O-O g4 7. Nh4 Kf7 8. g3 Be7 9. Bd2 b5 10. Be1 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Bxb5 Ba8 13. Bd3 c5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Qb7 17. Ba6 Nxd4 18. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 19. Kf2 Nxf4 20. Bxa8 Bc5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "casual blitz game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/TJx3G4CP"]
[Date "2026.06.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Catecan"]
[Black "LeelaRookOdds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "TJx3G4CP"]
[UTCDate "2026.06.02"]
[UTCTime "17:58:39"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "3070"]
[BlackTitle "BOT"]
[Variant "From Position"]
[TimeControl "60+7"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[FEN "1nbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQk - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 f5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 h6 5. c3 g5 6. Bc4 g4 7. Nh4 Rg8 8. g3 Be7 9. O-O d5 10. Bd3 h5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Be1 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rf2 Kf7 15. Rg2 Ne8 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Nf1 Nd7 18. Ba6 Ba8 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Rd1 c4 21. Bc2 a5 22. Ra1 Qc7 23. a3 Bb7 24. Bd1 Ba6 25. Qc2 b5 26. Qc1 Qb6 27. Nd2 Nd7 28. Nf1 a4 29. Qc2 Ke8 30. Rb1 Kd8 31. Kh1 Kc7 32. Kg1 Kb8 33. Kh1 Qd8 34. Kg1 Nb6 35. Kh1 Nd7 36. Kg1 Rg7 37. Kh1 Qg8 38. Kg1 Nb7 39. Kh1 Na5 40. Kg1 Nb3 41. Kh1 Na5 42. Kg1 Nc6 43. Kh1 Bd8 44. Kg1 Bf6 45. Qc1 Be7 46. Qc2 Qd8 47. Qe2 Bf6 48. Kh1 Qg8 49. Kg1 Na5 50. Kh1 Ka7 51. Kg1 Nc6 52. Kh1 Bd8 53. Kg1 Nb6 54. Kh1 Nd7 55. Kg1 Be7 56. Kh1 Kb6 57. Kg1 Nf6 58. Kh1 Ka7 59. Kg1 Ne4 60. Kh1 Kb7 61. Kg1 Na5 62. Kh1 Nc6 63. Kg1 Ka7 64. Kh1 Ka8 65. Kg1 Nd6 66. Kh1 Ne4 67. Kg1 Kb7 68. Kh1 Rh7 69. Kg1 Na5 70. Kh1 Nb3 71. Kg1 Rg7 72. Kh1 b4 73. axb4 Nd6 74. Bc2 Bf6 75. Qd1 Bb5 76. Kg1 Kb8 77. Kh1 Kb7 78. Kg1 Kb8 79. Kh1 Bd8 80. Kg1 Ra7 81. Kh1 Be8 82. Kg1 Bf6 83. Kh1 Nb5 84. Kg1 Nd6 85. Kh1 Nb5 86. Kg1 Kb7 87. Kh1 Ra8 88. Kg1 Nd6 89. Kh1 Nb5 90. Kg1 Nd6 91. Kh1 Qg7 92. Kg1 Nb5 93. Kh1 Kb6 94. Kg1 Nd6 95. Kh1 Bd8 96. Kg1 Be7 97. Kh1 Nb5 98. Kg1 Bd7 99. Kh1 Bc6 100. Kg1 Bd8 101. Kh1 Bf6 102. Kg1 Be8 103. Kh1 Bc6 104. Kg1 Bd8 105. Kh1 Be7 106. Kg1 Qg8 107. Nd2 Bf6 108. Kh1 Be7 109. Kg1 Ra7 110. Kh1 Be8 111. Kg1 Bd7 112. Kh1 Bc6 113. Kg1 Kb7 114. Kh1 Bf6 115. Kg1 Kb6 116. Kh1 Be7 117. Kg1 Nc7 118. Kh1 Bf6 119. Kg1 Be7 120. Kh1 Qh7 121. Kg1 Bxh4 122. gxh4 Ne8 123. Kh1 Nd6 124. Kg1 Rg7 125. Kh1 Ne8 126. Kg1 Nd6 127. Kh1 Qg8 128. Kg1 Bb5 129. Kh1 Qa8 130. Kg1 Qh8 131. Kh1 Qa8 132. Kg1 Rg8 133. Kh1 Bc6 134. Kg1 Bd7 135. Kh1 Bb5 136. Kg1 Bc6 137. Kh1 Rh8 138. Kg1 Rg8 139. Kh1 Bb5 140. Kg1 Bd7 141. Kh1 Bc6 142. Kg1 Kb7 143. Kh1 Bb5 144. Kg1 Kb6 145. Kh1 Qb7 146. Kg1 Qh7 147. Kh1 Kb7 148. Kg1 Kb6 149. Kh1 Ra8 150. Kg1 Ra7 151. Kh1 Rg7 152. Kg1 Ra7 153. Kh1 Ra8 154. Kg1 Be8 155. Kh1 Ra7 156. Kg1 Bc6 157. Kh1 Bb5 158. Kg1 Bc6 159. Kh1 Qh8 160. Kg1 Ra8 161. Kh1 Qh7 162. Kg1 Rg8 163. Kh1 Rg7 164. Kg1 Rg8 165. Kh1 Ra8 166. Kg1 Qh8 167. Kh1 Ra7 168. Kg1 Rh7 169. Kh1 Qa8 170. Kg1 Ra7 171. Kh1 Bb5 172. Kg1 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

Good afternoon, Mr. Larry Kaufman. I hope you are well and continue to be so. Today, I would like to ask the scientific community whether it is mathematically feasible to build a computer—modeled after the "anti-computer" style I have employed over the years—designed to force a draw, win on time, break the opponent's algorithm, and block the board at all costs. Something akin to a "super-father anti-machine machine." If a decision is ever made to build it, I stand ready to contribute my own small part to the effort.

Yes, it would be quite possible to make a net for Leela that simulates your style of play aiming to force a draw by blocking the position. But I don't know who would have a use for it, except perhaps as an opponent for bots wanting to learn how to defeat that strategy. I imagine it already doesn't work at all against ordinary Leela in standard chess, I don't know if you have tried this. In odds chess, it works sometimes because Leela doesn't mind a draw when way behind in material, you are both cooperating to achieve the same goal! You might say that the Leela odds bots already adopt your style of play when the opening is suitable for that strategy and when the evaluation makes them want a draw, they already know that blocking the position is a good way to achieve a draw despite a material deficit.

Good afternoon, Mr. Larry Kaufman. I’m going to try to give you a description of the personality of the anti-machine machine that I’m imagining in my own words as the layman that I am. Algorithmic profile: This is a computer that has a clear understanding of the mathematical preferences of the opposing machine it faces and will have these characteristics, among others: 1- It will give up space in exchange for blocking. 2- It will avoid opening or semi-opening files. 3- It will refrain from penetrating the enemy field even if it finds a winning variation. 4- It will seek to keep the bad light-squared bishop when playing both white and black. 5- It will build a fortress behind a stone wall. 6- It will repeatedly move pieces back and forth to drive the “logical opposing knight” crazy. 7- It will not accept draws by repetition to avoid pragmatic annihilation. 8- It will not break defensive lines. 9- It will try to drive humans and machines insane. 10- It will take care of and look for a solution to the b4 break that AIs are producing. 11- It won't make pawn breaks past the 50-move rule, in its advent.
You might ask me, Doctor Larry Kaufman: And what about a machine called "Super Father Anti Machine Machine? " It would be a sparring partner for both humans and machines, which would often end up winning against humans and machines through a system of dehydration, fatigue, madness, and despair of its opponents. Right now that we are in the World Cup, It would be a team that brings the goalkeeper and the 10 players right near the goal, in such a way that it would "melt its rivals." This machine should combine the most relentless and clean mathematical logic with the most implacable counter-mathematical evasion, winning against the opponent with the same instruments of thought as the opponent. Doctor Larry Kaufman: I'm not a GM or a computer doctor. I just imagine having those skills and preparation to see how far I could fly... so let the Super Machine fly. Catecan will be happy.

...of course it would be a machine that would love draws, but not by repetition, not at the opponent's request, not by decree, but by the opponent's surrender, who due to stress prefers to grant a draw, which turns out to be a psychological victory. Doctor Larry Kaufman... the draws I achieve when playing chess against supermachines are not the result of cowardice; they are the result of an entire strategy aimed at reaching a draw against opponents vastly superior to me. Remember when Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator 1987 defeats the alien in the jungle, the predator that annihilated his companions? When “Dutch” is thrown into the wet mud by the atrocious and violent alien into a muddy swamp, it turns out that the long-range weapon blinded the alien. And that’s how Arnold won. I will be the first customer to buy that machine!!

[Father]

You will be very happy to hear that a new Leaderboard is online now, with updates every few minutes! This one starts with games on Feb. 27, the day the bot was updated with the new "Search Contempt" idea, which boosted it by about 200 elo. The ratings assumed for Leela are increased by 100 when Leela is Black and by 200 when Leela is White based on a survey of games since the upgrade. So for example at 3'2" Leela as White is 2650 and as Black is 2450 now. Leela can now play 27 games at once, and the strength keeps going up, these rating estimates (for Lichess blitz) are actually still conservative, any rating you earn here is well deserved by Lichess blitz standards. https://lqo.leumon.com/

Good morning Mr. Larry Kaufman.

I hope you are well and continue well.
Today I turned on the computer and entered ODDS and compiled three dishes.
I am sharing the menu with you. Have a nice day.

Blessings.

Sincerely,

Catecan

Yes I'm fine, still upgrading the bots mostly with automated tuning of parameters; today LeelaRookOdds was updated. I think we'll have another challenge with prize money shortly, probably rook odds Rapid or slow blitz. In pure (1'0") bullet very few players can make a respectable score even with Queen odds, although one IM (Vincent Rothuis) has been scoring close to 40% recently (mostly with wins). With just rook odds it seems no one can score decently at normal (3'2") blitz, but at longer time controls the best players may have a good match.

I take my hat off to the robot LeelaRooksOdds with the utmost admiration, it is simply an amazing machine.!!

[pgn][Event "casual bullet game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/tZB0Gp8e"]
[Date "2026.06.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Catecan"]
[Black "LeelaRookOdds"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "tZB0Gp8e"]
[UTCDate "2026.06.01"]
[UTCTime "13:33:29"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "3540"]
[BlackTitle "BOT"]
[Variant "From Position"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[FEN "1nbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQk - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 e6 2. f4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 h6 5. Bd3 g5 6. O-O g4 7. Nh4 Kf7 8. g3 Be7 9. Bd2 b5 10. Be1 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. Bxb5 Ba8 13. Bd3 c5 14. c3 Nc6 15. Nd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Qb7 17. Ba6 Nxd4 18. Bxb7 Nxe2+ 19. Kf2 Nxf4 20. Bxa8 Bc5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "casual blitz game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/TJx3G4CP"]
[Date "2026.06.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Catecan"]
[Black "LeelaRookOdds"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "TJx3G4CP"]
[UTCDate "2026.06.02"]
[UTCTime "17:58:39"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "3070"]
[BlackTitle "BOT"]
[Variant "From Position"]
[TimeControl "60+7"]
[ECO "?"]
[Opening "?"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[FEN "1nbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQk - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. d4 f5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 h6 5. c3 g5 6. Bc4 g4 7. Nh4 Rg8 8. g3 Be7 9. O-O d5 10. Bd3 h5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Be1 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rf2 Kf7 15. Rg2 Ne8 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Nf1 Nd7 18. Ba6 Ba8 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. Rd1 c4 21. Bc2 a5 22. Ra1 Qc7 23. a3 Bb7 24. Bd1 Ba6 25. Qc2 b5 26. Qc1 Qb6 27. Nd2 Nd7 28. Nf1 a4 29. Qc2 Ke8 30. Rb1 Kd8 31. Kh1 Kc7 32. Kg1 Kb8 33. Kh1 Qd8 34. Kg1 Nb6 35. Kh1 Nd7 36. Kg1 Rg7 37. Kh1 Qg8 38. Kg1 Nb7 39. Kh1 Na5 40. Kg1 Nb3 41. Kh1 Na5 42. Kg1 Nc6 43. Kh1 Bd8 44. Kg1 Bf6 45. Qc1 Be7 46. Qc2 Qd8 47. Qe2 Bf6 48. Kh1 Qg8 49. Kg1 Na5 50. Kh1 Ka7 51. Kg1 Nc6 52. Kh1 Bd8 53. Kg1 Nb6 54. Kh1 Nd7 55. Kg1 Be7 56. Kh1 Kb6 57. Kg1 Nf6 58. Kh1 Ka7 59. Kg1 Ne4 60. Kh1 Kb7 61. Kg1 Na5 62. Kh1 Nc6 63. Kg1 Ka7 64. Kh1 Ka8 65. Kg1 Nd6 66. Kh1 Ne4 67. Kg1 Kb7 68. Kh1 Rh7 69. Kg1 Na5 70. Kh1 Nb3 71. Kg1 Rg7 72. Kh1 b4 73. axb4 Nd6 74. Bc2 Bf6 75. Qd1 Bb5 76. Kg1 Kb8 77. Kh1 Kb7 78. Kg1 Kb8 79. Kh1 Bd8 80. Kg1 Ra7 81. Kh1 Be8 82. Kg1 Bf6 83. Kh1 Nb5 84. Kg1 Nd6 85. Kh1 Nb5 86. Kg1 Kb7 87. Kh1 Ra8 88. Kg1 Nd6 89. Kh1 Nb5 90. Kg1 Nd6 91. Kh1 Qg7 92. Kg1 Nb5 93. Kh1 Kb6 94. Kg1 Nd6 95. Kh1 Bd8 96. Kg1 Be7 97. Kh1 Nb5 98. Kg1 Bd7 99. Kh1 Bc6 100. Kg1 Bd8 101. Kh1 Bf6 102. Kg1 Be8 103. Kh1 Bc6 104. Kg1 Bd8 105. Kh1 Be7 106. Kg1 Qg8 107. Nd2 Bf6 108. Kh1 Be7 109. Kg1 Ra7 110. Kh1 Be8 111. Kg1 Bd7 112. Kh1 Bc6 113. Kg1 Kb7 114. Kh1 Bf6 115. Kg1 Kb6 116. Kh1 Be7 117. Kg1 Nc7 118. Kh1 Bf6 119. Kg1 Be7 120. Kh1 Qh7 121. Kg1 Bxh4 122. gxh4 Ne8 123. Kh1 Nd6 124. Kg1 Rg7 125. Kh1 Ne8 126. Kg1 Nd6 127. Kh1 Qg8 128. Kg1 Bb5 129. Kh1 Qa8 130. Kg1 Qh8 131. Kh1 Qa8 132. Kg1 Rg8 133. Kh1 Bc6 134. Kg1 Bd7 135. Kh1 Bb5 136. Kg1 Bc6 137. Kh1 Rh8 138. Kg1 Rg8 139. Kh1 Bb5 140. Kg1 Bd7 141. Kh1 Bc6 142. Kg1 Kb7 143. Kh1 Bb5 144. Kg1 Kb6 145. Kh1 Qb7 146. Kg1 Qh7 147. Kh1 Kb7 148. Kg1 Kb6 149. Kh1 Ra8 150. Kg1 Ra7 151. Kh1 Rg7 152. Kg1 Ra7 153. Kh1 Ra8 154. Kg1 Be8 155. Kh1 Ra7 156. Kg1 Bc6 157. Kh1 Bb5 158. Kg1 Bc6 159. Kh1 Qh8 160. Kg1 Ra8 161. Kh1 Qh7 162. Kg1 Rg8 163. Kh1 Rg7 164. Kg1 Rg8 165. Kh1 Ra8 166. Kg1 Qh8 167. Kh1 Ra7 168. Kg1 Rh7 169. Kh1 Qa8 170. Kg1 Ra7 171. Kh1 Bb5 172. Kg1 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

Good afternoon, Mr. Larry Kaufman. I hope you are well and continue to be so. Today, I would like to ask the scientific community whether it is mathematically feasible to build a computer—modeled after the "anti-computer" style I have employed over the years—designed to force a draw, win on time, break the opponent's algorithm, and block the board at all costs. Something akin to a "super-father anti-machine machine." If a decision is ever made to build it, I stand ready to contribute my own small part to the effort.

Yes, it would be quite possible to make a net for Leela that simulates your style of play aiming to force a draw by blocking the position. But I don't know who would have a use for it, except perhaps as an opponent for bots wanting to learn how to defeat that strategy. I imagine it already doesn't work at all against ordinary Leela in standard chess, I don't know if you have tried this. In odds chess, it works sometimes because Leela doesn't mind a draw when way behind in material, you are both cooperating to achieve the same goal! You might say that the Leela odds bots already adopt your style of play when the opening is suitable for that strategy and when the evaluation makes them want a draw, they already know that blocking the position is a good way to achieve a draw despite a material deficit.

Good afternoon, Mr. Larry Kaufman. I’m going to try to give you a description of the personality of the anti-machine machine that I’m imagining in my own words as the layman that I am. Algorithmic profile: This is a computer that has a clear understanding of the mathematical preferences of the opposing machine it faces and will have these characteristics, among others: 1- It will give up space in exchange for blocking. 2- It will avoid opening or semi-opening files. 3- It will refrain from penetrating the enemy field even if it finds a winning variation. 4- It will seek to keep the bad light-squared bishop when playing both white and black. 5- It will build a fortress behind a stone wall. 6- It will repeatedly move pieces back and forth to drive the “logical opposing knight” crazy. 7- It will not accept draws by repetition to avoid pragmatic annihilation. 8- It will not break defensive lines. 9- It will try to drive humans and machines insane. 10- It will take care of and look for a solution to the b4 break that AIs are producing. 11- It won't make pawn breaks past the 50-move rule, in its advent.
You might ask me, Doctor Larry Kaufman: And what about a machine called "Super Father Anti Machine Machine? " It would be a sparring partner for both humans and machines, which would often end up winning against humans and machines through a system of dehydration, fatigue, madness, and despair of its opponents. Right now that we are in the World Cup, It would be a team that brings the goalkeeper and the 10 players right near the goal, in such a way that it would "melt its rivals." This machine should combine the most relentless and clean mathematical logic with the most implacable counter-mathematical evasion, winning against the opponent with the same instruments of thought as the opponent. Doctor Larry Kaufman: I'm not a GM or a computer doctor. I just imagine having those skills and preparation to see how far I could fly... so let the Super Machine fly. Catecan will be happy.

...of course it would be a machine that would love draws, but not by repetition, not at the opponent's request, not by decree, but by the opponent's surrender, who due to stress prefers to grant a draw, which turns out to be a psychological victory. Doctor Larry Kaufman... the draws I achieve when playing chess against supermachines are not the result of cowardice; they are the result of an entire strategy aimed at reaching a draw against opponents vastly superior to me. Remember when Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator 1987 defeats the alien in the jungle, the predator that annihilated his companions? When “Dutch” is thrown into the wet mud by the atrocious and violent alien into a muddy swamp, it turns out that the long-range weapon blinded the alien. And that’s how Arnold won. I will be the first customer to buy that machine!!

...With all due respect, I want you to consider the following: When I've beaten the machines on time, or when the games I've played have ended in a draw, who caused the time win or the draw? Me. Machines with a super grandmaster level lost on time against an outsider, or declared a draw against a street fighter, or succumbed to a draw; aren't all these results victorious for me? Of course they are. Now, the odds are another wonderful world. I invite all humans to play against the odds to improve their minds and strengthen the existential tripod that helps us stand firm in the face of life's difficulties, a tripod composed of: 1. Body, 2. Mind, and 3. Soul. For me, the odds are something like fighting against "Rambo," "John Wick," "Commando," "Taken," "The Equalizer," or "I Will Find You" (David Burroughs). In a word: Prodigious.

[Jjaw]

What a waste of server resources

[Paloma]

What a waste of server resources