... So each doubling of the hash size might only give 5-8 Elo ... I don't think there is any doubt that AlphaZero must have performed at the Stockfish level or better. Which was the only purpose; it is completely irrelevant whether it performed 90 Elo better or 100 Elo better..
One of my ...

Perhaps a useful comparison would be to a MCTS scheme that similarly accumulates ca. 50000 "evaluations" per second, but with each "evaluation" not being from a neural net calculation, but rather the result from (say) a "depth 10" search (or whatever the appropriate depth is, to equalize the ...

It's been a while since I've posted anything of content on computer chess, but the Alpha Zero work has prodded me to change that.

Although I am quite impressed by the result, and moreover that they achieved it via tabula rasa (as they call it), they have (after all) written a scientific paper on it ...

The game of chess is the most widely-studied domain in the history of artificial intelligence. The strongest programs are based on a combination of sophisticated search techniques, domain-specific adaptations, and handcrafted evaluation functions that have been refined by human experts over several ...

"The Italian is one area where you can say the computer revolutionized it. It seems that we gave up way too early."

https://www.chess.com/news/carlsen-one-game-away-from-losing-number-one-spot-5402

An alternative theory would be that the slim pickings in this opening are now becoming more ...

Amahiko Sato beat the legendary Habu for the Meijin title last year (he is currently tied 2-2 in a best-of-7 with Akira Inaba this year), but was soundly defeated by the computer program Ponanza. The first game was April 1, and the latter just recently on May 20. I think it was realized the result ...

https://www.gazeta.ru/sport/2017/05/17/a_10677257.shtml


— Одолеть компьютер в XXI веке невозможно?

— Шахматисты развиваются, но угнаться за техникой действительно нереально. Компьютер просчитывает сто миллионов вариантов в секунду. А что может человек? Он, конечно, способен разработать варианты ...

Вопрос из зала: Как вы относитесь к компьютерным шахматам, и какие шансы у человека победить?

В. К.: В борьбе компьютера и человека второй уже, к сожалению, отстал. Я застал время, когда лет десять самые мощные компьютеры и самые лучшие шахматисты были примерно равны. Сам сыграл два матча с ...

Not sure what exactly happened, but here is some info.

http://chess-news.ru/node/23151

[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Fritz 15"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 a6 5. b3 d4 6. O-O c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. ed4 cd4 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. d3 Ba3 12. Na3 Qd6 13 ...

An interesting sweatshirt.

https://twitter.com/USChess/status/8631 ... 72/photo/1