These errors existed in old chess engines and they no longer exist now which reduces the chances of a world champion to win a single game against a modern computer engine down to almost 0! Are there any grandmasters who won vs a chess computer? They can force the engine to either accept a draw by repeating or play a move that would prove to be fatal in the endgame after many moves later. The thing is, engines calculate move by move while in endgame, we humans know either through study or imagination the correct evaluation of a position and can imagine in our head the position where we would be winning without calculations.We would then aim for it even if it would take 100 move to reach it. Sometimes a human can detect an error in the engine algorithm in the endgame evaluation system which was exploited before by GM Hikaru Nakamura. There is a flip side to the challenge of humans vs the machine. Magnus carlsen said in an interview he doesn’t play against chess engines as it makes him feel stupid! They tend to get distracted easier as they get tired. Usually grandmasters after a five hour game tend to make small mistakes that could prove to be fatal in an endgame. It will also give the maximum possible resistance in defending which would irritate an aggressive attacking human and could lead him into doing an error.Īnother important side is that computers don’t get tired in long games. It will calculate calmly till it gets out of trouble no matter how complicated the position is. A chess engine cannot fear getting a passive position or getting attacked on his king. Humans get driven by emotions sometimes and they either overestimate or underestimate their potentials. There are so many reasons for a world champion to lose versus a chess engine.įirst of all, there is the psychological factor which is a huge part of the chess game. Human vs AI is a battle we cannot usually win! Why the Chess World Champion loses again chess computers? They are much stronger than the above mentioned engines and it is obvious that a top grandmaster should try to defeat any of the above mentioned engines before thinking about challenging AI. On the other hand, Engines based on AI like alpha zero are not fully accessible to normal players. The Legendary Garry Kasparov lately said that in a 10 round chess tournament where Top chess engine plays against a world champion, the world champion should feel proud and lucky if he could draw 1 game out of 10! We get a clear picture of how any 10 games match would end up with any human vs any of these engines. When we compare all these engines rating with human ratings. There are other strong chess engines as well such as Fat Fritz 2 with 3526 rating, Komodo Dragon with 3495 rating, Igel 3.0.5 with 3418 rating followed by the good old Houdini 6 that has an Elo rating of 3398. Regarding normal chess engines that are accessible to the public, Stockfish 13 is the king of all engines having a chess rating of 3546 which is inhuman rating!, with this rating solo it is obvious it will crush the world champion Magnus Carlsen with his 2850+ rating! We will have here to make a distinction between normal chess engines and AI. It seems like with this new technology, humans don’t have a chance against the new generation of chess computers! So, what is the strongest chess engine? It either won or got a draw in all the chess games and it played extremely aggressive chess that reminded everyone with the 18th century grandmasters like Paul Morphy. A new chess engine called Alpha zero played 100 game against the strongest chess engine Stockfish and it didn’t lose a single game. Moreover, a new revolution in computer chess has started by using AI (artificial intelligence) technology. Also we should add that computers don’t get distracted in complicated positions. So for any normal game where a top grandmaster is playing against a machine, any decision based on emotions would lead the grandmaster to a complete disaster. They also have a strong reliable algorithm to find the best move in all chess positions. They don’t get tired or get emotional about any position. Computers have the ability to calculate a lot of variations with great depth. There is a simple answer to this question. In this article we will discuss if Magnus Carlsen Can beat a top Computer chess engine? First of all,Why are chess engines so strong? Moreover, with the new technological revolution in AI, We currently see a new generation of chess computers who play extremely aggressive and creative as well. They calculate variations with great depth and never get tired like humans. No one can deny that computers have become very strong in chess. Written by: Emadeldin Teama Magnus Carlsen against Chess Computers: Who would win?
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