Mark Lefler News Today

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Instead of using Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace, some people in rural America call their local radio stations to buy, sell and barter goods.

The Grand Island Relay For Life Fathers Day Lawnmower and RC Car Races organizers gathered Monday at Grand Island Moose Lodge 180 as planning continues for the 2023 event.

Just a couple of days ago, Komodo 3 received the free "World Chess Software Champion" update. We interviewed the creators of one of the most "human-like" chess engines - Larry Kaufman & Mark Lefler. They describe the main differences between Komodo 2 and Komodo 3 as well as a typical workday for an engine developer. And, fortunately, Mark Lefler demonstrates what can be done with a stack of cards that are lying around on his desk.

The 2022 World Computer Chess championship was just held, and was the first edition since 2019 and the outbreak of the pandemic. After over two years, the traditional event took place in Vienna, Austria, and the winners were Ginkgo AKA Fritz using new neural net technology, and a powerful new Komodo (free update today!). Don't miss Komodo's fantastic knight sacrifice (with video!). (photo: Erdo Gunes, operator of Komodo)

The program Ginkgo, Frank Schneider, has just won the computer chess world championship in the software group, after a playoff against Komodo Dragon. Ginkgo is the main engine of the Fritz 18 program package. It is an improved version of the Engine Fritz18 NNUE that was distributed as a free update to Fritz 18 owners last March. We are happy for Frank Schneider and congratulate heartily! | Photos: ICGA (right: Wolfgang Zugrav)