gcp, I am yet another 2350 Fide player who would take Bishop odds against Magnus any day of the week despite the 500 point difference. The main point is that B

gcp, I am yet another 2350 Fide player who would take Bishop odds against Magnus any day of the week despite the 500 point difference. The main point is that Bishop odds are different from 3 pawn odds. It tilts the game too much in the favor of the odds taker taking away most of the advantages(positional considerations, openings, etc) that a 2850 player enjoys over a 2350 player. What happens playing against a strong computer given a bishop odds, is that computer will slowly succumb to the negative eval. Instead a better strategy for a computer would be to try something very speculative like in old Tarrasch games with odds against amateurs. That is computer should be on the lookout for eval -20.00 with perfect play by opponent(me) but possibility of 0.00 or even +10 when I make a wrong move. That is computer would have to try hard to create high volatility situations and hope that the 2350 player would misplay them. I suppose that Magnus would try something similar(especially given his penchant for grinding).