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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by FartyMcFarter on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:04AM (#50351508)
No, I watch plenty of "regular" GMs, as well as some IMs and even FMs who all consider way more moves/positions than I do.
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Re:Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Ka... by moi2388 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:29AM (#50351741)
I’m around 1800-1900 and they don’t consider more moves or positions than I do at all. It’s just that their analysis is correct and mine is not even close.

I actually don’t know this for sure, I should say that they don’t verbalise more moves than I think about. It’s plausible and perhaps even likely that they have a lot of moves or positions they do touch on but immediately discard so don’t even verbalise.

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