[EventH-]

Why does this article emphasize Komodo MCTS and completely ignore LeelaZero which has had much more exciting and interesting results as far as 'alternative method' engines go? This is especially strange given that Leela operates similarly to AlphaZero which the article strongly praises.

[dmurray]

The "article" is an ad for Komodo. That's also why it includes 'ten times faster progress than the "normal" Komodo version'.

To be fair, Komodo MCTS is an exciting and new development, and relevant because it can run on a typical desktop machine without a GPU, but you can't expect this piece to be intellectually honest or rigorous.

[mk_chan]

That's because ChessBase sells Komodo. Don't get me wrong, Komodo MCTS (from test results) does very well and it's quite an innovative approach to make work at that level.

[gjm11]

Nitpick: Leela Zero is the go program, Leela Chess Zero is the chess program.

Curiously, there's been some discussion lately in LZ's discord chat about whether its search, or more precisely its evaluation, should be made a bit more minimaxish (i.e., alpha-beta-like). Perhaps the optimum is somewhere in between the two.