I know the weekend is over, but the level has not significantly dropped. Forgive me, please, I am trying to take your mind of the forthcoming disaster!
If you are like me, you will be following the London Chess Classic finale from the front row. If not, please do watch it online.
In this position, find the strongest move and not just a way to an advantage…
So, it is the weekend again; but this exercise is fun. Black wins quickly in a very surprising way. Not easy at all!
Even though we are just talking candidate exercises this week, we are now heading into the non-trivial territory of the weekend,
We have the pleasure to host a Q&A with Larry Kaufman, famous for his great contributions to the development of first Rybka and recently Komodo. Please be free to ask him any polite question you feel like. The best question will be awarded with a copy of Komodo TCEC, the newest version (Larry will choose).
Komodo recently won the World Championship in front of Stockfish and Houdini, so this is quite a catch for us to get this audience driven interview.
The rules are the same as always: all questions provided before the 11th of December will be read, though I cannot promise that Larry will answer them all. He will answer when he has the time, but before the end of the 15th December.
To kick this off, I will start with a few questions of my own (very eager for the free-bee!):
• What are the main reasons Komodo was able to edge out the competition in the World Championship?
• What are the different properties of Komodo, Stockfish, Houdini, Rybka and Fritz and how would the person who wants to improve their chess use these differences to his advantage?
• Is a person better off using one engine or several engines when analysing?
I hope this is a good start. Please provide your questions and make Larry feel welcome here!
I hate winter and Thursday is usually the hardest day on my schedule. But today I am off to London and looking forward to it a lot!
Is the a-pawn just queening?
A quick candidate search and back to work.
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