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Weekly Challenge 123: Imbalanced Chess

#1

Weekly Challenge 123: Imbalanced Chess

Win a game of Chess (From Position) as White vs @Stockfish-Level1 with the lowest amount starting material.

Adjudication Criteria:
1. Lowest amount of material when using the following values for material count:
- Pawn: 1
- Bishop: 3
- Knight: 3
- Rook: 5
- Queen: 9
2. Fewest moves
3. Earliest Entry

Additional Clarification:
- You may only remove White pieces from the starting position, not move pieces or add pieces. The Black setup must remain unchanged.
- Please use the Board Editor to setup your starting position, and then click 'Continue From Here', and select @Stockfish-Level1 as your opponent through the BOT option: playstrategy.org/editor
- Takebacks are not permitted.

Closing Date: Monday 25th August 1200 UTC+0

Note: This Weekly Challenge is running for 2 weeks, as many of the PlayStrategy admins are involved in the upcoming Mind Sports Olympiad event: mindsportsolympiad.com/

#5

Well, I think now we need to find out how much material we need for each of the other Stockfish strengths.

#6

We certainly didn't think @Stockfish-Level1 would be so exploitable like that. As this is supposed to be a two week challenge, we suggest that players try the same challenge against @PS-Greedy-One-Move who will take your pieces if given the opportunity!

Users may also want to try against different Stockfish levels too, as suggested by @LowestPosWinRate

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