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by phaemon 4191 days ago
I'm sorry you've been voted down, because yours is a common misconception. No human player can beat the modern chess engines even running on a smartphone without an opening book.

It's incredible how quickly game engines have advanced. Way back in 2007 Rybka destroyed all human challengers without an opening book. The current chess engines are much stronger and running on much faster hardware. There's simply no comparison any more.