very cool initiative! my guess is black is the bot - h5 followed by rh6 then blundering it was the biggest factor in my prediction as well as not queening on d1 to chase the f pawn w the king
Whose the Bot? two roughly 1400 rated players ones a bot, ones not...
Im not going to spoil any news... if you are my friend you get access to my video through my blog... otherwise ill post the result video shortly...
very interesting its very even... in terms of who thinks who is a bot... ive had maybe a dozen people chime in already

I have a lot of experience playing bots. I really can't tell who is who here. I think White played some built in mistakes. At even the 1800 (2700+ on Stockfish) level the bots make incorrect and peculiar moves. I went Black took full advantage of that. So I am going with White as bot and Black as the human player. I did play Komodo several times and after multiple tries I did defeat it at the highest level(with limited assistance). The best I should have been able to manage is a draw. That proves Stockfish is not infallible. No engine is because they are programmed by people. The developers know this is true and that's why they keep working on ways to perfect them. But they never will reach 100% invincibility. There is always a way to defeat even the best computer on the planet. The task is to find a way. Right now, it is extremely difficult and close to impossible. Even the best players in the world haven't defeted the top engines in decades in a sanctioned event.
you also have to remember this bot plays more like a human than any other bot ever... and I have a Blog on how to think like stockfish, i dont in rapid...
wait there's a bot that plays like a human? id love to play that on my school computer when chess.com is blocked
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Download the Required Software:
- Download Sid vs PC from SourceForge.
- Download Maia from GitHub.
- Download Leela Chess Zero (LCZero) from here.
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Organize Your Files:
- Create a convenient folder to store all downloaded files.
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Install Sid vs PC:
- Install Sid vs PC by following the installation instructions on its website.
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Copy LCZero Files:
- Copy all the files from the LCZero download into the "maia_1500" folder, which should be located at:
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C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500
- Copy all the files from the LCZero download into the "maia_1500" folder, which should be located at:
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Delete Unnecessary File:
- Inside the "maia_1500" folder, delete the "791556.pb.gz" file if it exists.
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Create "model_files" Folder:
- Inside the "maia_1500" folder, create a new folder named "model_files."
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Copy Maia Model:
- Copy the "maia-1500.pb.gz" file from your convenient folder into the "model_files" folder you created in Step 6, which should be located at:
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C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500\model_files\
- Copy the "maia-1500.pb.gz" file from your convenient folder into the "model_files" folder you created in Step 6, which should be located at:
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Add Maia to Sid vs PC:
- Open Sid vs PC.
- Go to Tools > Analysis Engines.
- Click "New."
- Enter the following information:
- Name: Maia-1500
- Command: Browse and select "C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500\lc0.exe"
- Directory: C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500
- Protocol: UCI
- Configure UCI Options: In the "UCI Options" window, find the "WeightsFile (<Autodiscover>)" option and change "<autodiscover>" to:
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C:\Scid vs PC-4.24\bin\engines\maia_1500\model_files\maia-1500.pb.gz
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Start Maia in Sid vs PC:
- Close and reopen Sid vs PC.
- When it opens, a command pop-up should appear. In the command, type:
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set ::uci::goCommand "go depth 1"
- It should confirm that it's working by repeating the command or giving an error.
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Configure Engine Settings:
- In Sid vs PC, go to Tools > Analysis Engines.
- Set the maximum ply depth (1-5), and check the "Show Arrows" box.
- If you're only playing chess and not running many programs simultaneously, leave the "Low CPU Priority" box unchecked.
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Start Analyzing:
- Click "Start" on the bottom right of the Sid vs PC main program
- It should display something like:
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[+1.01] Depth: 1 Nodes: 0K (0 kn/s) Time: 0.01s NPS: 0 Hash: ---- Load: ---- TB hits: 0 Current: (0/0)
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Use Opening Books and Endgame Tablebases:
- To use opening books, you can create your own or download from resources like Chess Stack Exchange.
- Endgame tablebases require substantial storage space, so if you have 18TB of hard drive space, you can download them from here.
I have Played a bot in a game of Chess based of Maia Bot they are similair rated my guess within 50 elo of each other... lifetime i have a 6-4 record against the bot, But I have created my Own Maia engine at the 1000, 1400 and 1800 level so i can play it at my leisure and Create my own database of games versus the average human... Yup you read that right... Maia bot has a correlation higher than any other Engine ever created compared with humans of the same rating. So whose the Bot? I will release a youtube video proving who is the bot after some discussions if anyone wants to guess...