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Hey guys!

Today I encountered an endgame which is very hard to deal with. To figure it out I wanted Stockfish or any other engine to play this endgame against itself to see what happens. Is that somehow possible on lichess? And if not, does anyone of you know a good alternative? Thx in advance! :)

Hey guys! Today I encountered an endgame which is very hard to deal with. To figure it out I wanted Stockfish or any other engine to play this endgame against itself to see what happens. Is that somehow possible on lichess? And if not, does anyone of you know a good alternative? Thx in advance! :)

possible.

The simple solution is play a move and wait until you are content Stockfish has evaluated it long enough, and then make the top move and wait for the next. There are depth limits so you can increase the time as you reach positions which have multiple moves.

To automatically have it go between moves, you would have to then estimate how long is enough time for it to calculate each position. In the end, it will take longer because obvious moves we would make would take longer for the engine to calculate with full "computer confidence".

I don't see a way to do this on a website, but you could try a program like Arena 3.5.1 on Windows, and on Linux SCID vs. PC might be able to do this.

The simple solution is play a move and wait until you are content Stockfish has evaluated it long enough, and then make the top move and wait for the next. There are depth limits so you can increase the time as you reach positions which have multiple moves. To automatically have it go between moves, you would have to then estimate how long is enough time for it to calculate each position. In the end, it will take longer because obvious moves we would make would take longer for the engine to calculate with full "computer confidence". I don't see a way to do this on a website, but you could try a program like Arena 3.5.1 on Windows, and on Linux SCID vs. PC might be able to do this.

Ganjman

#4

Get 2 1100s together after they both went on a 20 game losing streak and you'll see one.

Teimen

#5

@DeadlyGambits said in #2:

possible.

Would you please be so kind to explain? :)

@DeadlyGambits said in #2: > possible. Would you please be so kind to explain? :)

ScreamForGoodMoves

#6

I doubt it's possible because then everyone would be doing it and it would seriously drain the site's servers/resources.

neverplayf6againstus

#7

Hello everyone!

On chess.com is this variant where you have a certain amount of points to spend to set up your pieces against an opponent who does the same. Then two engines battle out the resulting position.
Maybe if you "play" this variant with a friend who cooperates and in case one does not have to spend all points, then it might be possible through that source.

Cheers :)

Hello everyone! On chess.com is this variant where you have a certain amount of points to spend to set up your pieces against an opponent who does the same. Then two engines battle out the resulting position. Maybe if you "play" this variant with a friend who cooperates and in case one does not have to spend all points, then it might be possible through that source. Cheers :)

neverplayf6againstus

#8

That would not be on lichess, but maybe it helps you anyways :)

Anon581

#9

It is possible on Lichess by setting up the position in the analysis board and then running the engine on and press space bar every, say 5 secs (or more depending on the depth you want), but there are simpler alternatives to automate it.

If you have an Android device, download DroidFish (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.petero.droidfish&hl=en_IN&gl=US), set up the custom position you want to start with, click on the M button and select "Computer vs Computer". You can experiment with the engine settings on it too (eg. change the contempt value, enable/disable pondering while one side moves, etc.)

If you want to do it with your PC's CPU power, there are many chess GUI softwares for that (eg. ChessBase, Arena, etc); see this thread: https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/14459/game-engine-versus-engine-from-a-given-position

It is possible on Lichess by setting up the position in the analysis board and then running the engine on and press space bar every, say 5 secs (or more depending on the depth you want), but there are simpler alternatives to automate it. If you have an Android device, download DroidFish (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.petero.droidfish&hl=en_IN&gl=US), set up the custom position you want to start with, click on the M button and select "Computer vs Computer". You can experiment with the engine settings on it too (eg. change the contempt value, enable/disable pondering while one side moves, etc.) If you want to do it with your PC's CPU power, there are many chess GUI softwares for that (eg. ChessBase, Arena, etc); see this thread: https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/14459/game-engine-versus-engine-from-a-given-position

EloiOrigami

#10

@neverplayf6againstus said in #7:

Hello everyone!

On chess.com is this variant where you have a certain amount of points to spend to set up your pieces against an opponent who does the same. Then two engines battle out the resulting position.
Maybe if you "play" this variant with a friend who cooperates and in case one does not have to spend all points, then it might be possible through that source.

Cheers :)
This is true

@neverplayf6againstus said in #7: > Hello everyone! > > On chess.com is this variant where you have a certain amount of points to spend to set up your pieces against an opponent who does the same. Then two engines battle out the resulting position. > Maybe if you "play" this variant with a friend who cooperates and in case one does not have to spend all points, then it might be possible through that source. > > Cheers :) This is true