Leela Chess Zero Blog
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We’re excited to announce the very first knight odds exhibition match at classical time control! Happening January 25th to 27th on Lichess with GM Joel Benjamin.
We’re excited to announce a knight odds exhibition match between Leela and GM Awonder Liang!
Match will be played on Lichess between the accounts LeelaKnightOdds and A-Liang. The match is scheduled for Thursday, December 12th, starting at 8 pm UTC and running until at least 11 pm UTC. Silicon Road will stream the event, offering his unique and insightful coverage. Be sure to tune in!
Finally, LeelaPieceOdds is ready, awaiting piece odds challenges from you at Lichess.
We are excited to announce the launch of https://live.lczero.org/ for the upcoming World Chess Championship 2024 between Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju. On this site, you’ll be able to follow real-time annotations of the matches powered by the LCZero engine.
We’re excited to announce a queen odds exhibition bullet match between Leela and chess streamer CM David Maycock aka RespectfulDave.
- Sunday November 17, 4-6pm UTC
- Match will be played on Lichess between the accounts LeelaQueenOdds and CM Respectful_Dave.
- Leela is playing white, without a queen.
- 2 official rounds: first 10 games at 1’+1", then 10 games at adjusted time control depending on the first round’s result.
- Possible bonus round: arbitrary time control, potentially Leela playing black
For more than 20 years, human vs engine matches have become too one-sided to be interesting for spectators and players. This however isn’t the case with odds.
The WCCC organizers allowed a clone, ShashChess, to participate as a proxy for Stockfish (that didn’t enter), which we find disrespectful. Consequently, we are withdrawing from the competition.
We’re excited to announce a knight odds exhibition match between Leela and GM David Navara.
- Saturday March 30, 2-5pm UTC, 10 games.
- Match will be played on Lichess between the accounts LeelaKnightOdds and RealDavidNavara.
- Leela is playing white, alternating between missing b1 and g1 knight.
- Initial time control is 5’+3", but might be adjusted upwards/downwards depending on the score.
GM Matthew Sadler has posted a blog post on WDL Contempt and a series of YouTube videos showing examples of using it for opening preparation.