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This was more or less how top level GMs beat computers until double-digit Stockfish editions showed up - a favorite of elite players would be to play a hippo/he
by icelancer 4y ago
This was more or less how top level GMs beat computers until double-digit Stockfish editions showed up - a favorite of elite players would be to play a hippo/hedgehog setup, which computers had a hard time parsing due to the closed nature of the board. Today it's clearly no problem to break through such setups, and AlphaZero was the first to really reinvent the wheel and sacrifices in these positions, sounding the final death knell for humans.