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Re:Gukesh becomes the youngest chess world champion in history by nurettin on Thursday December 12, 2024 @03:01PM (#42402804)
Engines are unbelievable in open positions, so GMs who know that they are up against an engine usually just pawn lock the center and wait for the engine to start sacrificing in order to avoid a draw.
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Re:Gukesh becomes the youngest chess world champion in history by neaden on Thursday December 12, 2024 @03:14PM (#42402932)
That might have worked once, but modern stockfish has an estimated elo of 3642 compared to Magnus 2882. I don't think any human could get a draw against it these days.
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