Stockfish Just Solved Chess

[@preking]

One of my favorite things when analyzing Stockfish's games is when Stockfish gives itself brilliant moves or inaccuracies

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Probably analyzing at a higher depth

[@jean-pierrecoffe6666]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 Higher depth, and the browser integrated version is often not the latest update

[@MH_VOID]

@@jean-pierrecoffe6666 not to mention it's just straight-up less performant. Like, yeah WASM is pretty fast, but definitely not at native speeds - typically being 50%-250% slower - so that much less computation done and that many less brilliancies and inaccuracies gleaned

[@veni1]

it's a low depth version analyzing the better one though

[@Andrew-jh2bn]

@dude3000 yeah, they use stockfish, but the stockfish algorithm doesn't really have "brilliancy" or "inaccuracies", every position simply gets a score. The chess website decides what those are.

[@rand504]

Levy talking about his dog gives the same vibes as when you try to distract the teacher by making him talk about his life 😂

[@5bitcube]

Bro, this gave me major flashbacks. I don't remember doing it myself, but I definitely witnessed in the classroom and it was fucking funny haha

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

Relatable AS FUCK.

[@Shiver197]

@Seeing Star is this a link to my childhood?? or?

[@vivvpprof]

Very astute observation. Like, I can't follow what's being said in the class but have you heard what Trump said about XYZ?

[@noahollington9946]

so true! 🤣

[@shubbyshabaas]

"I'm giving Stockfish an honorary Grandmaster title" Stockfish: am I a joke to you?

[@piggynatorcool668]

Stockfish is no mere GM

[@lyfehaxandtrix3481]

Lmao Stockfish solos the whole verse

[@Chaos_Theory947]

Levy should’ve given them honorary engine master titles

[@phen-themoogle7651]

Stockfish should grant humans GM titles if they can draw against Stockfish jk

[@bishlish]

Stockfish is a gm, god master

[@TopShelfMontana]

just love this guy's attitude and personality. Watching him is more fun than playing chess.

[@igorignaz5319]

hes basicly gatekeeping us from getting good with good content :D haha love it

[@yousufownzu6902]

What happened to alphazero?

[@elynolamat674]

@@yousufownzu6902 The dev move on and LCZero is build from AZero framework.

[@yousufownzu6902]

@@elynolamat674 so u r saying theybwere better engines than alphazero and googles deep mind smthing… Now stock fish is the best?

[@elynolamat674]

@@yousufownzu6902 yes

[@midn8588]

One of the things I *LOVE* about engine games is how the tempo can get so high that they won't make immediate takes because something else needs to happen first and that something else is so important that they will just leave pieces lying around

[@micayahritchie7158]

Do you know that the concept of having pets indoors and pets being cute and cuddly are not universal?

[@Yafama]

@@micayahritchie7158 Wrong reply?

[@micayahritchie7158]

@@Yafama Going to be real with you. I don't remember commenting here and I can't find it so idk

[@Herculean.Aficionado]

@@micayahritchie7158 that comment looked so out of place 😂😂😂 Did you smoke something before you commented?

[@micayahritchie7158]

@@Herculean.Aficionado i still can't see the comment you're referring to

[@AyrtonTwigg]

If Stockfish sacrifices material seemingly for no reason in the endgame (sometimes even a full queen), it's probably because it's close to getting into a theoretical (100%) known win according to the tablebase. It sacrifices the pieces to get into a known win faster (a position with 6 or 7 pieces on the board).

[@javrancheng9917]

That's also my guess, if I'm not mistaken, the game is Superfinal game 88, and sf already given 150+ evaluation on move 53.

[@tszyau7264]

I think the engines are only given 6 piece tablebase not 7 and that's why Leela instantly resigned when there are only 6 pieces left

[@MacDaniboi]

If that is true, that is also very sad.

[@RedArremer]

I posted this as well. It's because of TB probing. I'm surprised at how little chess masters know about how these chess engines work, seeing as how they have to use them all the time in pre-game prep. Also there's a lot of people confused in the comments asking why Leela didn't get a shot as white in the same opening. TCEC does in fact give each side a chance at the same opening, and SF still blew Leela out of the water with something like 18 winning game pairs to just ONE for Leela.

[@ShadowOfCicero]

I mean, to an engine, a known win is no different than a checkmate, so logically, a known win in 2 would be preferred to a checkmate in 3.

[@Timmichanga361]

We're doomed when Stockfish becomes self-aware

[@setshabadipitsho1185]

Legit 😅😅

[@eacringesports5137]

En passants behind you

[@Suranda68]

yeah he is a real creep

[@JimmyOlsson]

Check mate...

[@thearcanehunter2736]

@@eacringesports5137 This is the best comment on youtube.

[@turnuphat7882]

Levy: spends 5 minutes explaining 1 move Also Levy anyways so none of that happened

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

It's honestly one of the most entertaining things about Gotham videos.

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

lmfao

[@dugglinieduardo2690]

@@benjaminoechsli1941 Indeed. Exploring theoretical lines regardless of if they were played is the essence of chess.

[@mihailmilev9909]

I was thinking about this a few videos ago as well lol

[@ferociousfeind8538]

The engines each do about two hours of this before each of their moves, that's often how they play :P

[@Technomancr]

20:17 We saw with the high level GO and DotA AIs that once they were guaranteed to win they started making moves that were no longer optimal. They didn't care if they won by a tiny margin or a massive one.

[@KitKatHexe]

I came here after watching 40K videos and I thought my KZbin app was glitching because when you said "DotA AI" I thought it said "DAoT AI" and my brain basically had to reboot

[@kamiihate3733]

That's really interesting, do we have an explanation for that?

[@snbeast9545]

Is it possible that it was diverting the king so that it could safely play Bc5? edit: what am I talking about the king moved on its own between those

[@D3m0nX-01]

@@KitKatHexe I smell heresy

[@NiliMoto]

@@snbeast9545 no i honestly think you're right! I cant begin to comprehend all the lines that could've come from not sacking the pawn but it very much looks like a classic attraction tactic and i can definitely imagine how the king on the 6th rank is better for black in some way so white chose to attract it to the 5th. If the king just moves out of check that pawn becomes another threat of queening. Again im no engine but in my eyes its more likely to be an attraction tactic rather than a humorous blunder

[@Huwskie]

The dog interactions made me so incredibly happy.

[@VexIlluminated]

Door: *OPENS* Levy: "Must have been the wind"

[@seltascare4713]

Npc of Skyrim:

[@MegaJohny777]

What's that then!? There's someone prowling round here!

[@M_Zidane]

He would not survive in a horror movie

[@Toshinben]

So, which horror movie villain would get Levy: Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, his wife (as a zombie), his dog (as a zombie), his wife (Bodysnatched), his dog (alien parasite), the person who was murdered in his apartment (as a ghost), homicidal wasps, demons (the Devil's Advocate type - he lives in NYC)?

[@M_Zidane]

@Toshinben even the scream guy would get him

[@brokereaper]

I will never be disappointed by Benji's guest appearances

[@dejackarse7278]

As a dog enthusiast. I enjoyed the guest star of this episode :D

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@dejackarse7278 same. It's literally rn as I read this

[@wow-roblox8370]

@@dejackarse7278 yep, and whenever you see them remember to like and subscribe

[@JulianSloman]

I could very much live without - but there's this beautiful thing: fast fowarding!

[@Litwinel]

I remember when Leela was 1600 and I almost won a game against her. Later when Leela was around 2700 I really hoped for Magnus vs Leela game, human versus artificial intelligence, but sadly such a match never happened.

[@BrennenChua]

There was a Leela vs penguin match though which you might find interesting.

[@Litwinel]

@@BrennenChua yeah, that bullet match was exciting, I believe i even watched part of if live. But you know, I really wanted kind of Kasparov vs Deep Blue V2 match. Classical match. Deep positional thinking, who could win, a human, or a machine that thinks more like a human. But now it's far too late. Maybe another chance will emerge if some new revolution in technology happens and it will be used to create even more different chess AI.

[@rickrick5041]

Magnus coward

[@Greatermaxim]

You have me. I drew against Stockfish at its highest level. I was the first player in a QP game. I do not think anyone can win against it though a draw is not a loss.

[@nishima-kun583]

@@Greatermaxim i drew out komodo dragon

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Levy: “I’m not going to glorify bullying” Also Levy: Puts out multiple extensive videos of alpha zero murdering Stockfish.

[@mohamademirhareez4651]

Alpha zero ain’t beating the most recent stockfish version now I think

[@Anup_sk23]

@@mohamademirhareez4651 what if they update alpha zero too

[@mohamademirhareez4651]

@@Anup_sk23 i dont think they will, cuz rn im pretty sure alpha0 aint even the second or third best engine its leela 2nd now and not sure ab 3rd

[@volcanoraider9139]

@@mohamademirhareez4651 damn

[@jvshuwa]

@@mohamademirhareez4651Lc0 is basically the updated AlphaZero, so it’s not like AlphaZero disappeared or anything

[@Wy7Chy]

They say Levi's dog is still squeaking to this day.

[@benslater3588]

This game was like a how to lose at chess episode except the 400s were accidentally playing brilliant moves

[@yessir6427]

grow a brain pls

[@benslater3588]

@@yessir6427 bro what

[@jamieclark5659]

If this game had been submitted for Guess The Elo, what would Levy's guess had been? 😂

[@tejasshah7691]

400

[@vholes2803]

16660

[@Lordmewtwo151]

I'm thinking either 2700. I don't see any guess from 1000-2700 that would make any remote amount of sense.

[@themind1401]

600 elo definitely

[@badereric]

@@Lordmewtwo151 I don't think any two 2700+ players are ever playing this

[@axerity9212]

The most insane part about the rook that was hanging for so many moves is that it lived until the end of the game.

[@Lord_Volkner]

That was a pretty cool game, no question. I like to watch engines play. What amazes me about engine play is that we can figure out why they moved where they moved after the fact, but we can't figure it out before hand.

[@dathaniel9403]

Anyone who has a problem with your dog being in a video is the guy who the friend group secretly starts another group chat just to exclude.

[@dbb03]

The rook on h8 literally survived the entire game.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

"If I don't _move,_ they can't see me!"

[@chri-k]

@@benjaminoechsli1941 says the tower standing on a battlefield

[@destro0oyerbhr254]

Damn. Hans is playing really well

[@truongthaiucduong2807]

the comment speaks for itself :))

[@Suborno-u8f]

We want to see more of stockfish games from you levy

[@tommydiefritte]

It's probably nothing

[@tigershark0067]

Stockfish: *does anything* Levi: *brain orgaam*

[@michaeledmunds7056]

Levy: "What they do is make the chess engines perverted.." Me: *takes out pen and notepad* Levy: "...Not in that way." Me: *puts away*

[@tonetelui9321]

Stockfish playing for Norway is so great

[@vowtekohnsurvateeve47thand16th]

One of its inventor is from Norway

[@vowtekohnsurvateeve47thand16th]

and its a also fitting because the best player is from Norway too

[@deinauge7894]

and stockfish was a relevant part of norwegian export once

[@mooncalf_4534]

@@vowtekohnsurvateeve47thand16th I'm not from Norway

[@chozowarrior9115]

Have someone realized the last piece of LCZero was the Rook that was hanging the whole game? Absolutely hilarious 😂

[@BramSekreve]

Stockfish just playing with Leela at the end there, love it.

[@idontknowwhattowritehere.8361]

Leela got stocked by it's fish

[@jarirepo1172]

And Leela resigning at move 69. :D

[@tristanyokom1542]

Revenge for how much of a troll Leela is when given the chance

[@Max4ever3D]

Bro the rook on f3 survived the whole game it was the last piece

[@Hanqy]

And the way it surrendered on the corner the board like… “fuck it, my comrades are all dead and my king is surrounded, i’m just gonna flee from the battlefield” 😂

[@ifty7017]

levy: starts recording benji: peace was never an option

[@WestoberFM]

I appreciate you not cutting any part of the dog interaction. We are so used to videos being altered to show only the best and seeing that whole section felt really nice for a change!

[@elijahkierski8183]

3:14 is easily the best part of this video

[@ieatcubes4]

The dog is famous now

[@OwariNeko]

Came for chess, stayed for dog

[@alvar6444]

Came for dog

[@kertjalukse757]

I expected a fish, got a dog. Not complaining.

[@roadhockey]

The dog clearly thought Mittens was playing...

[@shreyjain3197]

he could have easily disguised this game as being played by two 300s and we would still believe it

[@irontide]

I didn't see this TCEC game live, and it somehow flew under my radar, so thanks for covering it, Levy! Utterly bonkers. Worth mentioning that when Stockfish was forced to play black from the same starting position, Leela was able to win as well in a more straightforward game, with a very AlphaZero-style early pawn push to h6.

[@thehero9]

Came for stockfish, stayed for the doggo

[@OJC6]

Well it's clear that if Stockfish didn't senselessly give up the pawn in the endgame the game would not have ended on move 69 which would have been an L for everyone.

[@anthonygallicchio8121]

The pup was a welcome part of the video so cute

[@orenawaerenyeager]

You know you are winning when the bar shows up for you even before the opening.

[@pineapplelollipop1074]

Nice name

[@mikeluque6527]

Never apologize for Benji! More Benji!

[@mikeluque6527]

Also, great Twitter reference

[@Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.]

Levy I’ll be totally honest, even ignoring your chess skill, you genuinely are just an amazing teacher. You’re just such a sociable guy, and I feel like you could talk about anything, no matter how boring, and be enticed by it. That’s true skill telling from my attention span lol.

[@johntran8496]

This game is beautiful because it shows how engines play without emotions. It only plays for best optimal play.

[@puppyendorsement3314]

you know a game is wild when the player who is up on material is losing.

[@Forever-GM-Dusty]

As long as you remain most focused on the chess, I actually really enjoy the occasional cameo of your family and home life. It lets us see Levy the person, and that's really cool

[@ganeshravi5567]

That black rook which was open to take so many times.. survived till the end with his king--"Legendary Rook"

[@tony0000]

One of the most amazing games I've ever seen. Shows what happens when the world's two greatest chess players ever face off.

[@sammurphy4300]

Engine content can be well beyond lost on me but that was a wild game. I even watched the ads.

[@Ali-wf9ef]

You don't give Stockfish honorary titles, Stockfish gives you honorary titles.

[@manuelchenet6503]

Imagine Tal playing in this computer era.. it would be amazing to see it working with them

[@gilgamesh2646]

How this guy can even make a robot battle so interesting?

[@jashepoon]

Oh my. Next time Benji appears in a KZbin video, he will be bigger than Levy!

[@aaronmarkstaller]

Ah yes, a chess game played on a knife edge

[@neineinfachnein4497]

Stockfish🤝Stockfish

[@samaelblack8107]

I like how you break down games, but I also like seeing Levy, the human being, living life.

[@theblinkingbrownie4654]

Clearly you skip the starts of the videos if you think levi is human

[@greatmusic142]

@@theblinkingbrownie4654 Detroit becomes human reference? the blinking lights on the side of his head indicating he might a robot that turned deviant??

[@yungruuku]

Love when Benji comes through

[@amoora9000]

I'm doing well levy! Keep up the amazing content! GTE and engine videos are my favorite type of content you make, and yes, Benji made it more entertaining:)

[@raghavsinghal3332]

The best part was the dog information

[@Dark_Aves]

Benji is precious

[@SnackMuay]

I love engine videos. Makes me realize how little we understand about chess and that’s a surprisingly great feeling.

[@jakovcu]

For me that is also scary in a way

[@justsomerandomguy8210]

This feels like they are playing a few moves in the future and are just constantly preparing

[@emilyscloset2648]

reminds me of the Edward vs Alice in Twilight. Alice can see the future to see what Edward plays. Edward can read Alice's mind to know what she is going to play

[@thedailygrind24]

Stockfish solved chess like levy solved the youtube algorithm

[@bobsi3769]

Love how the rook which was hanging half of the game is the only black piece that survived until the end

[@MasterMIND-.]

That dog was so adorable

[@bingbongarmy9078]

Joined for the chess, stayed because of the dog

[@Rawrkorn]

I like that you just embraced the chaos. Much better than stressing about it

[@radvalveeta9165]

When you realize stockfish isn’t actually a fish…

[@hadylabban6597]

sotckfish sacrifices THE FIIIIIIISH

[@peppermintmiso4341]

gotta love stockfish awarding stockfish a good evaluation

[@sevret313]

Great game that manages to be a 360 and 3600 elo game at the same time.

[@leonaise7546]

Also I like the authenticity of your vids. You don’t edit out any parts that aren’t perfect & just be you. Respect💪.

[@voidl3s246]

Stockfish is great but Benji is way too cute to overlook. Wish benji all the health

[@kaidoChess]

Dude that opening statement 😂😂😂

Stockfish won +18 againt leela, and has been winning TCEC like year after year

[@mrvlacp]

Levy talking about his dog shows how good person he is

[@SerbAtheist]

We really need to see how much odds are needed for Magnus to defeat the newest version of Stockfish.

[@skinnybonesjonestheallseei74]

Rook

[@zex_1v1lol13]

@@skinnybonesjonestheallseei74 nah two rooks

[@mismis3153]

Stockfish 14 won against komodo 3200 a knight down, for reference

[@badereric]

@@mismis3153 wtf? Link pls?

[@thylacine519]

I forgot how big Benji got, and burst out laughing when Levy had trouble lifting him up

[@peld5762]

We all love to see 3000+ engines fight each other We all laugh when they make a weird looking move and deem it good for them

[@Maros554]

I absolutely love how there is an eval bar when stockfish is playing

[@joshelguapo5563]

I completely support the puppy break in the video 🐕

[@jupalaja]

Actually loved Benji's moves

[@khaledamura5941]

8 minutes into the video and levy hasen't changed the title yet. Impressive stuff!

[@ianbailey7841]

you said it yourself, i like it when you explain computer games

[@lancelee338]

I’m doing good! I just finished a Discrete Math exam, and I think I did good on all the problems except the last, which counted for three points unfortunately. I’m about to go to a Data Structures lab, and I have an online Spanish exam due by midnight. It’s the end of the semester so teachers have to get their assignments in I didn’t mind the dog either

[@bigspoon4958]

?

[@tomasbeltran04050]

qed

[@kindlin]

@@bigspoon4958 Last 10 seconds of the video.

[@reflectivish385]

Bro who asked

[@lancelee338]

@@reflectivish385 22:06 Mr. Gotham Chess did

[@SomeTallGuy203]

kinda wish the rook that was hanging for half the game would be the last piece remaining for black but just wasn't the case...

[@PushyPawn]

Those 22 mins flew by.. I was spellbound by doggy cuteness and engine sorcery. 👍 Please sir, can I have some more?

[@gatsandglocks]

I love how during your chess explanation you give us little bits and pieces of what's going in your life, I enjoy it a lot and your doggo is adorable.

[@hardwoodgems]

Benji is Levi's 1st evolution in cuteness levels.

[@dhauz___7855]

Came for the chess, stayed for the dog.

[@martdafirst]

few videos make me laugh in the first 10 seconds, but you sir have done it again

[@YellowBellow75]

Stockfish speaks for itself

[@ThomasistheTwin]

Sacing the last pawn shut the king out from the other side of the board. Look where the rook went and stayed.

[@CaitiffFTW]

The answer to "should I show the dog again" is always "yes, Levy. We love puppies".

[@21nod]

I love these games, they keep the intrest up through out the entire game. Make more AI vs AI videos

[@janborkovec3685]

This video is legendary man. I laughed so much in the portions, when Levy just makes random sounds, yes I am a child. Love the content, keep it up

[@BarnabyG]

this was mind boggling to watch, thx for the content levy

[@hacker4chn841]

>Dog: *opens door* >Levy: "Must have been the wind"

[@jamesmoniz5263]

DONT SAY SORRY TO US, that puppy needs ALL your loves!

[@cloenobody]

thank you for the lovely videos. these engine matches are fascinating and so much fun to watch! you do such a great job being entertaining and interesting. the dog cameos brought a smile to my face too :)