Last year Komodo won the world championship title on two occasions and can call itself "2019 World Computer Chess Champion" and "2019 World Chess Software Champion". And the current Komodo 14 has been clearly improved over its predecessor!
"I
went blank,'' said the 16-year-old from Dehli, unable to explain why she took
the offer of draw when she was about to win a piece. And this was her first
ever meeting with a GM. This is the final position in that game:
Tania Sachdev,I (2245) – Surya Sekhar Ganguly,I (2542)
Mumbai, India Mumbai, India (1)
White to play. After his last move, 29...Nb5, Ganguly offered a draw, which Tania Sachdev accepted. Unfortunately she overlooked the very nice combination 30.Qxc6! Qxc6 31.Ne7+ Kf8 32.Bxc6, winning a piece and probably the game.
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Meanwhile there is good new for Asian chess: The organizers of the 2006 Asian
Games in Doha, Qatar, have decided to include chess as one of the 33 disciplines
there, as the Times
of India reports.
