GM Hikaru Nakamura-Cyborg vs. Stockfish Live Webcast
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Re: GM Hikaru Nakamura-Cyborg vs. Stockfish Live Webcast
#2This was confusing. Nakamura Cyborg is a human playing and chess computer program called stockfish. Live commentary is on twitch...
Re: GM Hikaru Nakamura-Cyborg vs. Stockfish Live Webcast
#3This was confusing. Nakamura Cyborg is a human playing and chess computer program called stockfish. Live commentary is on twitch...
Cyborg refers to Naka's playing tandem with Rybka. So it's part man, part engine against the best engine in the world (sans opening book).
The match is essentially to see if a human GM can bridge the gap between the best engine in the world and an older, significantly weaker engine.