Re:Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Champi...
by nilslindemann on Sunday February 15, 2026 @10:12PM
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This is most definitely wrong. There will be some draws and even a few wins, though that's very rare indeed.
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Re:Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Champi...
by umanwizard on Sunday February 15, 2026 @10:36PM
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When is the last time a human has beaten a computer in a fair chess game?
Re:Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Champi...
by nilslindemann on Monday February 16, 2026 @03:07AM
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A fair match has never been played between humans and computers. Let's say we have a fair match:
* 100 games, to have some statistical relevance.
* One move per day, so that being tired is no disadvantage (engine can ponder all day).
* Human has access to endgame tablebases and opening databases, like the engine.
* Human can make notes and has a software like Chess Position Trainer, which can min max, like the engine.
If the human is a GM with Elo 2700+ I predict 25 draws and 5 wins for the human. The engine wins 70 games.
Re:Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Champi...
by Bootvis on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:06AM
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From the Stockfish docs at https://official-stockfish.github.io/docs/stockfish-wiki/Sto....
> Rating Stockfish against a human scale, such as FIDE Elo, has become virtually impossible. The gap in strength is so large that a human player cannot secure the necessary draws or wins for an accurate Elo measurement.
Re:Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Champi...
by copper4eva on Monday February 16, 2026 @02:18PM
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You're way off the mark here on modern engine strength.
There are many examples of top players playing Leela Knight Odds. And none of them even got remotely close to a decent record. Usually a few draws, and maybe a win. But almost entirely losses.
And that is with knight odds. Without that, zero chance.