Dedicated machines on LiChess

[cpeters]

Hey!

If you're bored you might want to play some chess against an olde chess-computer you do not posess on LiChess.

https://lichess.org/@/Brettcomputer at your service.

For now it's the Savant from Novag: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Savant
Humans only.

Greetings!

[Werewolf]

How do you actually challenge it?

[cpeters]

-You have to be logged in LiChess
-no TOS-violator (I think)
-you can either look him up (search) or challenge him from this list:
https://lichess.org/player/bots
-as long as you're willing to play (rated/unrated) a game with

180 sec as base (max. 20 minutes) with
min 5 sec/increment (max 60) per move

greetings

[Brunetti]

min 5 sec/increment (max 60) per move

It works with +2.

Alex

[cpeters]

It works with +2.

Alex

It "did"

Don't know whether it's sufficent..

[cpeters]

Savant achieved against humans (346 games) on LiChess:
classic: 1611
rapid: 1455
points.

Switched now to "Schachcomputer SC2" aus der Ostzone. Price then were around 2000 Mark der DDR for this Gerät (don't remember/never seen it as a child).

Please see:
https://www.chessprogramming.org/SC_2
https://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/SC_2
for more.

Setup (Level 3 is set = ca. 35 sec. per move, but emulation is speeded up by the factor of ten) should be stable - tested with cutechess and Patricia 5.0


[pgn][Event "Test"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[White "Patricia 5"]
[Black "Schachcomputer SC2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[GameDuration "00:01:35"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[WhiteTimeControl "40/3+1"]

1. e4 {+0.32/16 0.85s} c5 2. Nf3 {+0.32/19 2.6s} e6 3. d4 {+0.37/19 0.66s} cxd4
4. c3 {+0.31/20 1.1s} Nc6 {3.9s} 5. cxd4 {+0.38/18 0.79s} Bb4+ {4.5s}
6. Nc3 {+0.78/18 0.91s} Nf6 {4.4s} 7. Bd3 {+0.73/17 0.85s} Qa5 {5.0s}
8. O-O {+1.12/17 0.70s} Bxc3 {5.0s} 9. bxc3 {+1.25/17 1.4s} Qxc3 {4.5s}
10. Rb1 {+2.04/16 0.73s} Nxd4 {6.0s} 11. Bb2 {+2.06/18 1.0s} Nxf3+ {5.3s}
12. Qxf3 {+1.65/17 0.98s} Qa5 {5.0s} 13. Qg3 {+1.88/18 0.99s} Nxe4 {3.8s}
14. Bxe4 {+4.20/17 1.1s} Qxa2 {4.9s} 15. Qxg7 {+4.76/16 0.80s} Rf8 {2.9s}
16. Bf6 {+4.90/17 2.1s} d5 {3.5s} 17. Qg3 {+6.70/17 1.1s} dxe4 {3.8s}
18. Qd6 {+M5/107 1.8s} Qxf2+ {2.1s} 19. Rxf2 {+M3/127 0.026s} b6 {1.7s}
20. Qe7# {+M1/127 0.015s, White mates} 1-0[/pgn]