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Re:Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Champi... by galkk on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @08:55AM (#47060935)
Quick search shows elo of stockfish 6=3278 (1 cpu).

To assume that a human can beat that is just delusional.

Re:Magnus Carlsen Wins the Freestyle (Chess960) World Champi... by Taek on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @09:38AM (#47061392)
No not at all! You can find plenty of videos on YouTube of humans taking down 2015-era stockfish. Usually it involves exploiting specific weaknesses in the engine, for example bringing the game to a stalled position where the game nearly reaches the 50 move rule, and then the engine makes a disadvantaged move to avoid a draw.

Especially pre-NNUE, chess engines were often not fully well-rounded, and therefore a human with specific knowledge of the chess engine's weaknesses could take it down with enough attempts.