I would propose to have LeelaChess participate in some major lichess tournaments. For the next Titled Arena, I wish I could see LeelaChess compete with the GMs... even when prize would be given to the 3 best humans like before (ignoring Leela's ranking)... or better, giving Leela's prize as donation to the Leela'sproject (but I guess most high ranked players would not agree with that second idea).
Great idea.
I'd like for this to happen.
I'd like for this to happen.
No.
@arex , please explain your "No".
No it will not participate / No it should not be / or No it cannot be (technically).
No it will not participate / No it should not be / or No it cannot be (technically).
Getting paired with Leela is basically an automatic loss. Introducing a somewhat random penalty like that may be fun for spectators, but not for the players.
Furthermore, some players might decide to tactically resign on the first move as to not waste any time playing a game they can't win. Then we have another problem to manage.
It's not happening.
Furthermore, some players might decide to tactically resign on the first move as to not waste any time playing a game they can't win. Then we have another problem to manage.
It's not happening.
I understand, but I was curious to see how the GMs would perform against that BOT in a bullet tournament. But I still beleive it could have been made possible by :
- Introducing some handicap to the BOT like giving him less time (make the BOT bersek every single games).
- Player resigning at the first move (knowing there is the handicap above) would lose there winning steak (if they had one). Anyway what prevent them from behaving like that when facing the likes of Magnus Carlsen because from the stats, one have very bad odd to win against the number one human. They don't resign. And I still think introducing the handicap above to the BOT would make it playable.
- Limit the time one get paired to the BOT not to penalize a strong player. For instance, one get paired to the BOT only twice max (and only when they have winning steak to give some incentive not to resign and lose the steak).
Those are some suggestions that the lichess team might think about.
- Introducing some handicap to the BOT like giving him less time (make the BOT bersek every single games).
- Player resigning at the first move (knowing there is the handicap above) would lose there winning steak (if they had one). Anyway what prevent them from behaving like that when facing the likes of Magnus Carlsen because from the stats, one have very bad odd to win against the number one human. They don't resign. And I still think introducing the handicap above to the BOT would make it playable.
- Limit the time one get paired to the BOT not to penalize a strong player. For instance, one get paired to the BOT only twice max (and only when they have winning steak to give some incentive not to resign and lose the steak).
Those are some suggestions that the lichess team might think about.
We've thought about it. I do enjoy BOT research but getting all players to agree to this isn't going to happen.
Leela isn't titled so she's unqualified.
A bullet tournament with only bots though... that could be fun! :)
@Sjakktrekk
That would be fun.
That would be fun.
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