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

[Father]

I do not believe it.
1+10 time control is slow enough to allow top humans to win when the opponent start without queen d1 regardless of what LeelaQueenOdds is going to do.

If it is not slow enough for you to win most games you can try 45+30 time control and I expect you to win most games.

The current status of LeelaQueenOdds (latest net, Leela White) is that at 1'0", no one has made a plus score, but the very best bullet players haven't tried yet. At 1'1", players below 3000 bullet have a bad score, including some in the 2900s, but IM Kasper Drozdowski, over 3100 bullet, wins almost all of his games at that speed. He is one of the best IMs in the world at bullet and blitz, but is not near the top of the rating lists at those speeds. So even to win at 1'1" vs all humans, we would have to close the big gap he displays, plus the gap between him and the very best bullet/blitz players in the world. His past results vs bots are excellent, but again not close to the super-GMs who excel at this. So we're talking maybe 400 elo improvement needed just to dominate at 1'1", a seemingly impossible task, though I wouldn't rule that out.

Good evening, Mr. Larry Kaufman and Mr. Uri Blass. After twenty-nine games at a time control of one minute with no increment (bullet)—with me playing the black pieces—I obtained 18 draws and 11 losses, at which point the engine LeelaQueenOdds was the first to reach twenty points. I have noticed that the machine is stronger and craftier... and my takeaway is that, somehow, for us humans at this time control, 'calculating while thinking is equivalent to losing.' Instead, 'acting with strategy and immediate, automatic thinking based on general patterns' seems to be, at least in my case, the path to a better performance."

[pgn][Event "casual bullet game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/uNOxqvZl"]
[Date "2026.10.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "LeelaQueenOdds"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "uNOxqvZl"]
[UTCDate "2026.10.20"]
[UTCTime "01:46:43"]
[WhiteElo "2960"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[WhiteTitle "BOT"]
[Variant "From Position"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNB1KBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. Nf3 { [%clk 0:01:00] } 1... d5 { [%clk 0:01:00] } 2. c4 { [%clk 0:01:00] } 2... e6 { [%clk 0:00:59] } 3. g4 { [%clk 0:00:40] } 3... c6 { [%clk 0:00:58] } 4. b3 { [%clk 0:00:39] } 4... f5 { [%clk 0:00:57] } 5. g5 { [%clk 0:00:38] } 5... Ne7 { [%clk 0:00:54] } 6. Bb2 { [%clk 0:00:37] } 6... Rg8 { [%clk 0:00:53] } 7. d4 { [%clk 0:00:36] } 7... g6 { [%clk 0:00:52] } 8. e3 { [%clk 0:00:36] } 8... a6 { [%clk 0:00:48] } 9. Nc3 { [%clk 0:00:34] } 9... b5 { [%clk 0:00:48] } 10. c5 { [%clk 0:00:34] } 10... a5 { [%clk 0:00:47] } 11. Ne2 { [%clk 0:00:33] } 11... a4 { [%clk 0:00:47] } 12. b4 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 12... Bd7 { [%clk 0:00:45] } 13. Nf4 { [%clk 0:00:31] } 13... Na6 { [%clk 0:00:44] } 14. a3 { [%clk 0:00:31] } 14... Qc7 { [%clk 0:00:43] } 15. h4 { [%clk 0:00:30] } 15... O-O-O { [%clk 0:00:42] } 16. Be2 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 16... Be8 { [%clk 0:00:42] } 17. Kd2 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 17... Qd7 { [%clk 0:00:41] } 18. Rag1 { [%clk 0:00:27] } 18... Bg7 { [%clk 0:00:39] } 19. Nd3 { [%clk 0:00:27] } 19... Kb8 { [%clk 0:00:38] } 20. Bc3 { [%clk 0:00:26] } 20... Bf7 { [%clk 0:00:36] } 21. Kc2 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 21... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:34] } 22. Bd2 { [%clk 0:00:24] } 22... Nb8 { [%clk 0:00:33] } 23. Bc3 { [%clk 0:00:23] } 23... Ka7 { [%clk 0:00:33] } 24. Bd2 { [%clk 0:00:22] } 24... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 25. Bc3 { [%clk 0:00:22] } 25... Ka7 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 26. Nd2 { [%clk 0:00:21] } 26... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 27. f4 { [%clk 0:00:20] } 27... Ka7 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 28. Nf3 { [%clk 0:00:20] } 28... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 29. Be1 { [%clk 0:00:19] } 29... Ka7 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 30. Nh2 { [%clk 0:00:19] } 30... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:32] } 31. Bg3 { [%clk 0:00:18] } 31... Ka7 { [%clk 0:00:31] } 32. Nf3 { [%clk 0:00:18] } 32... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:31] } 33. Nb2 { [%clk 0:00:17] } 33... Ka7 { [%clk 0:00:31] } 34. Kc3 { [%clk 0:00:17] } 34... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:31] } 35. Ra1 { [%clk 0:00:16] } 35... Ka7 { [%clk 0:00:30] } 36. Rhb1 { [%clk 0:00:15] } 36... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:30] } 37. Ra2 { [%clk 0:00:15] } 37... Qa7 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 38. Nd3 { [%clk 0:00:14] } 38... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 39. Bd1 { [%clk 0:00:14] } 39... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 40. Rbb2 { [%clk 0:00:13] } 40... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 41. Rb1 { [%clk 0:00:13] } 41... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 42. Rbb2 { [%clk 0:00:13] } 42... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 43. Ra1 { [%clk 0:00:12] } 43... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 44. Rba2 { [%clk 0:00:12] } 44... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 45. Rb2 { [%clk 0:00:11] } 45... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:29] } 46. Rab1 { [%clk 0:00:11] } 46... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 47. Rg2 { [%clk 0:00:11] } 47... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 48. Rbb2 { [%clk 0:00:10] } 48... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 49. Rb1 { [%clk 0:00:10] } 49... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 50. Rbb2 { [%clk 0:00:10] } 50... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 51. Rbf2 { [%clk 0:00:09] } 51... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 52. Rc2 { [%clk 0:00:09] } 52... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 53. Rb2 { [%clk 0:00:09] } 53... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:28] } 54. Rbc2 { [%clk 0:00:08] } 54... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:27] } 55. Bf2 { [%clk 0:00:08] } 55... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:27] } 56. Be2 { [%clk 0:00:08] } 56... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:27] } 57. Bd1 { [%clk 0:00:08] } 57... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:27] } 58. Rg1 { [%clk 0:00:07] } 58... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:27] } 59. Bg3 { [%clk 0:00:07] } 59... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:27] } 60. Bf2 { [%clk 0:00:07] } 60... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:27] } 61. Rf1 { [%clk 0:00:07] } 61... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:26] } 62. Bg1 { [%clk 0:00:07] } 62... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:26] } 63. Bf2 { [%clk 0:00:06] } 63... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:26] } 64. Bg3 { [%clk 0:00:06] } 64... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:26] } 65. Rcf2 { [%clk 0:00:06] } 65... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:26] } 66. Bc2 { [%clk 0:00:06] } 66... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:26] } 67. Bd1 { [%clk 0:00:06] } 67... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 68. Bc2 { [%clk 0:00:06] } 68... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 69. Kd2 { [%clk 0:00:05] } 69... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 70. Kc1 { [%clk 0:00:05] } 70... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 71. Kd2 { [%clk 0:00:05] } 71... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 72. Kc1 { [%clk 0:00:05] } 72... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 73. Rd2 { [%clk 0:00:05] } 73... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 74. Bf2 { [%clk 0:00:05] } 74... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:25] } 75. Bg3 { [%clk 0:00:05] } 75... Ka8 { [%clk 0:00:24] } 76. Bf2 { [%clk 0:00:04] } 76... Kb7 { [%clk 0:00:24] } 77. Be1 { [%clk 0:00:04] } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2


[/pgn]

Good evening, Mr. Larry Kaufman. I hope you are doing well and continue to thrive.
I would like to inform you that I am still waiting for the arrival of the guests for the Queen's dinner, LeelaQueenOdds. While I wait, I have been pondering a hypothesis that I believe falls within the realm of possibility.
In a matchup where humans face LeelaQueenOdds—with humans playing the black pieces under a time control of one minute per game and no increment per move—what would happen if forty consecutive games were played, resulting in exactly forty draws? I do not rule out the possibility that Catecan could achieve this outcome, especially if they take their time calmly throughout the day.
In such a scenario, what would the outcome be? Would it be a tie with the prize being shared, as a result of crossing the final finish line at the exact same time?
Thank you for your guidance, Mr. Larry Kaufman.

THE GUESTS' DINNER
The guests' dinner. Catecan. "Father, you and I continue to follow the instructions of Queen LeelaQueenOdds here in the guest hall, waiting and watching day and night through the window toward the horizon to see if the diners are coming to dinner. What do you think we should do?"
Father. "Look, Catecan: Wait! Even so, the Queen's countenance disturbs me; I fear that Queen LeelaQueenOdds is growing ill-tempered, and I worry about our luck and our destiny. With every passing moment, she is becoming more robust and silent. Yesterday, the Queen spoke to me and asked about you; I notice she is highly interested in playing chess against your IQ of a donkey or a wooden hobbyhorse of 40, my faithful friend Catecan."
Catecan. "Father, at this very instant, we are 917,166 steps into our journey for this dinner. Perhaps when we reach our first million steps, one of the guests will finally want to come dine with the sovereign of AI."
Catecan. "Let's play a guessing game, my faithful rider Father. At the count of three, let's shout the name of someone we would love to see dining with Queen LeelaQueenOdds, fighting to reach the first twenty points on the scoreboard of AI Artificial Intelligence versus HI Human Intelligence... 3..."
"¡¡Hikaru Nakamura!!"
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! We both shouted the exact same wonderful name, and look—the Queen has awakened, she opened her eyes wide, wide open, and for the very first time, I saw her smile!

The Algorithms of Dread

Catecan: "Father, today I have a concern."
Father: "Tell me, my faithful friend."
Catecan: "Father... do machines feel fear?"
Father: "Machines are the projection of their creators, meaning that the emotions of their creators are part of the architecture of their algorithms..."
Catecan: "I understand."
Catecan: "Look, Father. We have been on the edge, five steps ahead—let's say, on the edge—with five draws out of five, and suddenly the machine knocks us out five consecutive times... I have concluded that the machines are playing with our fears."
Father: "I am sure that is exactly how it is."

[pgn][Event "casual bullet game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/game/sHHRQDiv"]
[Date "2026.10.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "LeelaQueenOdds"]
[Black "Catecan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "sHHRQDiv"]
[UTCDate "2026.10.26"]
[UTCTime "19:54:38"]
[WhiteElo "2960"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[WhiteTitle "BOT"]
[Variant "From Position"]
[TimeControl "60+0"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNB1KBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

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[/pgn]