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Kramnik x Hans: A Chess Meditation

Kramnik x Hans: A Chess Meditation

the_real_greco
| 16 days ago

In the year 2000, GM Vladimir Kramnik shocked the world, beating the great Garry Kasparov to become world chess champion. In 2024, GM Kramnik continues to shock the world, albeit in a very... different... way: I will keep publishing various st...

True Piece Values; or, Chess Played Randomly

True Piece Values; or, Chess Played Randomly

the_real_greco
| 27 days ago

Previously on this blog I've looked at how one can estimate the values of the pieces, based on the number of moves they have from each square. This post has the same goal of estimating piece values, but will use a different approach- random chess ...

Chess Openings That Need New Names

Chess Openings That Need New Names

the_real_greco
| Jun 11, 2021

The Chess.com Computer Chess Championship (CCC) just played every opening in the ECO, which is a fun event. It allows viewers to see some lesser-known lines, and the opening explorer gives the opening names. But let's just say that some of those...

Engines Navigating The Tree: AB-Pruning Minimax

Engines Navigating The Tree: AB-Pruning Minimax

the_real_greco
| Jun 26, 2019

On his first move, white can play any of 20 legal moves. Several of these moves are good; a few more are probably playable; the rest are bad. But whichever white chooses, black will have 20 responses available to him. This means that by white's se...

Man vs. Machine, Parts I+II

Man vs. Machine, Parts I+II

the_real_greco
| Jun 18, 2019

Deep Blue vs. Kasparov. Deep Junior at Dortmund. Deep Fritz vs Kramnik. Leelenstein vs jjosh? The history of humans playing computers is not a long one. The period in which chess engines and strong human players could compete on level footing wa...

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