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AlphaZero: Don't Believe the Hype | Games to Know by Heart - GM Denes Boros

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CCSCSL Staff

on January 03, 2018 in

Grandmaster Denes Boros critiques the AlphaZero vs. Stockfish computer match. AlphaZero soundly defeated its opponent, but is it really the best thing ever? See why Boros likens AlphaZero to former world champion Mikhail Tal.

2017.12.21
Mikhail Tal vs Dieter Keller, Zurich (1959): D44 Queen's Gambit Declined semi-Slav, Botvinnik system (anti-Meran)
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AlphaZero (Computer) vs Stockfish (Computer), AlphaZero - Stockfish (2017): E15 Queen's Indian, Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)
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AlphaZero (Computer) vs Stockfish (Computer), AlphaZero - Stockfish (2017): E17 Queen's Indian, old main line, 6.O-O
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AlphaZero (Computer) vs Stockfish (Computer), AlphaZero - Stockfish (2017): E16 Queen's Indian, Capablanca variation
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1899420
Stockfish (Computer) vs AlphaZero (Computer), AlphaZero - Stockfish (2017): C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence
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Stockfish (Computer) vs AlphaZero (Computer), AlphaZero - Stockfish (2017): C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1899415

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