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> Sorry, but you can only edit your posts for .5 hours. > Click Here to return to the topic can I please edit longer than 0.5 hours ? adding more links ... currently I have filtered 366038 computer-readable games from CCRL40/40 (file ccrlm1.eva , evaluations only so far, but should be easy to add th...

I have downloaded the CCRL-games and TCEC-games with evaluations and am doing some statistics, which I thought I might post here. TCEC: http://tcec.chessdom.com/archive.php CCRL: http://computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/ (40/40) http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/404/ (40/4) http://www.computerchess....

I know this is not perhaps the best moment to talk of a relatively disappointing performance, specially if there is a commercial aspect to keep in mind, but I would like very much to hear Mark and Harvey to explain us how they see the result, how they are going to fix the issues, etc. BTW, I still ...

I know this is not perhaps the best moment to talk of a relatively disappointing performance, specially if there is a commercial aspect to keep in mind, but I would like very much to hear Mark and Harvey to explain us how they see the result, how they are going to fix the issues, etc. BTW, I still ...

is that Jonny's hardware in the background, with the 5 boxes 1m*1m*2m
with oval windows ?

isn't blitz basically the same than using 24-times fewer cores ? I mean, reflection time and used hardware should be equivalent The naming is just in analogy to human chess. Wouldn't it be better to play many Blitz-games in the available time than just 10 normal games ? So to reduce the random/luck ...

Chemnitz, Germany 1 February 2013 — MEGWARE, the German specialist in the field of supercomputing, has won a contract from the University of Bayreuth in Germany for the production and supply of a new supercomputer. Intensive computer applications will run using the Linux Cluster which will be delive...

what's the advantage of real old 3d-chess pieces over electronical
2d-ones thant can be moved with a mouse or touchpad
or the finger on the screen ?

I'm more comfortable with the latter

maybe this is a more general phnomenon, not limited to closed positions, just positions with many good moves. I observed it in a few non-closed positions too. This is probably already well known, but noone bothers to tell it ... There could be a name for it ... increased-depth-analysis-computer-ches...

[closed positions = fixed pawn structure, pawn chains, no/few open lines] I was looking for the opening with smallest draw-rate fr engines > 3000Elo and came up with : 1.d4 c5 . Unfortunately this is also good for white, with a score of ~60%, while the normal score for white is only ~55%. So it is r...