2026-02-28 02:31:46
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#chess
The Bongcloud Attack (standard king's pawn advancement, then move the king up) is possibly the worst opening in #chess. In this tournament coverage video, it is used by one grandmaster against another. This was dubbed the "Bongcloud Countergambit: Hotbox Variation"
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Oof, this doesn’t seem like it was that long ago.
30 years ago, February 10-17, 1996, Garry Kasparov beat the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue 4 games to 2.
#Chess #GarryKasparov #DeepBlue
While I'm delighted with 91.5% accuracy and 0 mistakes, misses, or blunders, it played out naturally enough to just ~feel~ obvious.
I'll take it.
#chess
No dia 31 saiu a versão 18 do #stockfish e eu só soube agora.
#chess #xadrez #chessengines