Category Archives: Chess
WCC 2018 Tie-Break: Magnus Carlsen defends title
Reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen proved his dominance in speed chess by whitewashing Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in the rapid tiebreaks after all the classical games ended in draws.
https://www.chess.com/blog/vinniethepooh/wcc-2018-tie-break-magnus-carlsen-defends-title
Carlsen Lets opening advantage slip away versus Fabiano Caruana
“I wasn’t surprised,” Caruana said at the press conference. “I looked at the line but couldn’t remember the details. It’s a very complicated position, so I was just trying to figure it out as best I could, which I didn’t really manage.”
https://www.chess.com/news/view/world-chess-championship-game-9-another-draw-sets-historic-record
Stockfish, Houdini Battle For Computer Chess Championship; Komodo vs Lc0 For 3rd
The Stockfish engine cruised to the top spot in the Chess.com Computer Chess Championship, scoring an astounding 51/70 against the world’s top chess engines in stage two of the rapid event CCCC 1.
What Can We Learn From This Horrible Game? by Gserper
…it was GM Tartakower who once said “the wise chess player learns from someone else’s mistakes, the smart one learns from his own mistakes, and the stupid chess players never learn.”
https://www.chess.com/article/view/what-can-we-learn-from-this-horrible-game
Bitcoin Takes Another Huge Leap Towards Mainstream Acceptance
Bitcoin has been added to the Merriam-Webster Scrabble dictionary, many people’s go-to source for Scrabble approval (though official Scrabble tournaments use a different list that includes offensive words as well as words up to 15 letters long).
“A good move” for OECD on artificial intelligence
In this video, Garry Kasparov supports the new OECD expert group on artificial intelligence, which brings together experts to discuss the policy angles for this game-changing technology https://www.oecd-forum.org/users/69563-garry-kasparov/posts/38969-garry-kasparov-endorses-new-oecd-expert-group-on-artificial-intelligence