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Re: Strongest chess player, ever

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Post by runeks » Tue, Jun 03, 2014, 11:00 AM UTC

doughj3 wrote: post #84

runeks wrote: post #75

Has anyone else watched http://en.lichess.org/tv ? If this is two humans playing against each other in real-time, that is really impressive! It's so mind-boggling fast (mind you I'm not a chess player).

ChessNetwork on YouTube[1] has many videos of blitz chess tournaments where he provides commentary as he plays. Very interesting to watch! [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YWYS209ydE

That's pretty cool!

Can anyone inform an amateur like me what happens at 2:14 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YWYS209ydE#t=134) and before that as well. It seems to me that black captures his own pawn using his knight. Is that legal?

EDIT: Ah, I see. White pawn captures black pawn, and the knight captures the white pawn. I just happens so fast I didn't see the white move.

Re: Strongest chess player, ever

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Post by ornicar » Sat, Jun 07, 2014, 12:23 AM UTC

rmbe wrote: post #86

lichess doesn't seem to be giving it enough juice to perform at its stated levels at the moment. On my first try I managed to draw the highest AI level, rated at 2510, while my rating is under 2000 irl. (I was unable to find an "offer draw" button so relied on the 50-move rule) Against stockfish running on my PC that would be impossible. http://en.lichess.org/reDfuSvI

Have you actually read the article? It's all explained http://en.lichess.org/blog/U4mtoEQAAEEAgZRL/strongest-chess-...

Re: Strongest chess player, ever

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Post by rmbe » Fri, Jun 20, 2014, 5:24 PM UTC

ornicar wrote: post #112

rmbe wrote: post #86

lichess doesn't seem to be giving it enough juice to perform at its stated levels at the moment. On my first try I managed to draw the highest AI level, rated at 2510, while my rating is under 2000 irl. (I was unable to find an "offer draw" button so relied on the 50-move rule) Against stockfish running on my PC that would be impossible. http://en.lichess.org/reDfuSvI

Have you actually read the article? It's all explained http://en.lichess.org/blog/U4mtoEQAAEEAgZRL/strongest-chess-...

I did. I was complaining about the rated strength of the AI levels, they're off by a wide margin.