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Nick Vasquez, MD's avatar

How much do you spar against Stockfish? I’ve been thinking of learning my openings similarly

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Andy Lee's avatar

Not particularly often. I find playing against the engine in any context to be incredibly frustrating. However, in these kinds of endgames where there's a technical solution that isn't insanely complicated it can be pretty helpful to see if I can resist the pressure.

There's no reason why sparring with Stockfish shouldn't be a good way to learn openings, but you're not going to get the same sense of what human beings tend to play that you would from playing blitz.

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