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Originally Posted by Jion_Wansu
How? Why?
In the same way when you give Stockfish a won position with loads of enemy pieces en prise but no clear path to mate. Stockfish will carry on playing strategically looking 25 moves ahead whereas the average player would just grab the pieces immediately without much thought and win faster.
Taking pieces immediately enter inferior lines of the search tree as far as the computer is concerned but lead to a quicker more straightforward win after its 25 move horizon.
Last edited by tepgn; 12-28-2020 at 07:02 PM.