This http://nb.lichess.org/hSs2Zhfs#55 is the legendary win of Zugaddict
as a character i am skeptic but often for good reason so i decided to check out my theory of how he mightve won against stockfish level 8 in 1 minute
if you start with e4 then stockfish e6, d4, d5, nc3, nf6, the line often is played out identically by stockfish,but heres the kicker..
every so often stockfish makes the blunder of NB6 at move 12 right after BD3, which opens the way to the above checkmate.
in this example game http://nb.lichess.org/X5Aiv13vUbb3
all i had to do was make a few takebacks so stockfish could play that same line, i did this a few times and won the match easy every time
from what i hear zugaddict did the same sort of, he played stockfish over and over for two hours straight playing similar line and when stockfish made that same blunder his plan succeeded as win was guaranteed.
my point is zug probably knew about this line therefore truth of it is anyone could repeat the process and win a bullet against stockfish level 8. Now im not saying this is what happened with 100% certainty but it seems very very likely, and if that were the case then his special miracle Z award shouldve been saved for someone who could actually outthink stockfish in 1 minute.
Just my 2 cents
as a character i am skeptic but often for good reason so i decided to check out my theory of how he mightve won against stockfish level 8 in 1 minute
if you start with e4 then stockfish e6, d4, d5, nc3, nf6, the line often is played out identically by stockfish,but heres the kicker..
every so often stockfish makes the blunder of NB6 at move 12 right after BD3, which opens the way to the above checkmate.
in this example game http://nb.lichess.org/X5Aiv13vUbb3
all i had to do was make a few takebacks so stockfish could play that same line, i did this a few times and won the match easy every time
from what i hear zugaddict did the same sort of, he played stockfish over and over for two hours straight playing similar line and when stockfish made that same blunder his plan succeeded as win was guaranteed.
my point is zug probably knew about this line therefore truth of it is anyone could repeat the process and win a bullet against stockfish level 8. Now im not saying this is what happened with 100% certainty but it seems very very likely, and if that were the case then his special miracle Z award shouldve been saved for someone who could actually outthink stockfish in 1 minute.
Just my 2 cents
