I think the real story is how close and competitive the open source Stockfish engine is.

I wonder what the game depth would be for significantly more complex games like Starcraft 2 or League of Legends. Given the way those games track statistics we should be able to get a definitive answer.

For a second, I was disappointed that chessgames.com didn't have any of the TCEC games to step through. But the article links to the TCEC site, and it has its own interface with much more information about what the engines are "thinking": http://tcec.chessdom.com/archive.php

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So the article is by Ken Regan? I'm pretty sure he's the best player I've ever faced, in a casual game when he was checking out grad schools (I think) and dropped by the Harvard math department.

We castled on opposite sides. Not the best kind of game in which to have a chance against a vastly superior player. His attack, quite predictably, punched through faster than mine did.

The WC match was held in November between Anand and Carlsen. Fake title!

This is a totally click-baity title. Obviously it should read "The New Computer Chess World Champion", as it has nothing to do with a New Chess World Champion, though the title is obviously meant to get your attention by implying that it does.

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