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A funny way to beat stockfish 8 with only a king and nothing else



For the nerdy people out there that want to know why stockfish does this:

Here is my analysis of the situation. There are 4 facts that actually make this strange position a win for black if stockfish 8 is playing as white. (It's a dead draw)

Fact 1: The black king as a completely impenetrable fortress. In spite of having 5 pawns and a bishop that the black king can never be forced away from the promotion square in the corner not in a million moves.

Fact 2: Stockfish is programmed to avoid 3 fold repetition, stalemate, 50 move rule, draw offers and so on if the position is favorable.

Fact 3: Stockfish has "Spite" programmed into it. If it's coming close to 50 move rule it will give away a pawn if it must to maintain what it believes to be a chance to win. So it will convert the draw it sees as a +8 or whatever to a +7 then a +6 and so on as long as it can do so.

Fact 4: Stockfish has a "Move Limit" of 151 moves programmed into it that it does not cap evaluation for. So it automatically resigns on move 151.
Playing it as white if you were to avoid 3 fold and 50 move and stalemate you can win vs stock 8 as it would resign on 151. So it's a win either way vs stockfish in spite of dead draw.
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i saw the queen was open to attack a blocked King
Damn! Now i know for sure i'm clueless in chess: i don't beat stockfish with all material available!
And a bare king should be enough :))
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