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by haskal 1932 days ago
If you play a defensive setup like push D, E pawns one step ahead, fianchetto both the bishops, try to castle early, the computer just flings all the pawns forward, even from the king side: https://imgur.com/a/Nt4x7TP

Anti-computer tactics in chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-computer_tactics

EDIT: GothamChess used a similar system to defeat a bot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5MD6hn5PgI (from 1:59)

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the almighty hippopotomus. love playing it against humans too (with limited success)
"Hip... Hip hop... Hip hop Anonymous?"

Your comment reminded me of one of my favorite scenes from the great movie, Big Daddy.

https://youtu.be/KnbL56_S9rQ