TCQC the Top Chat Quote Championship of TCEC 

Position Author BestQuote TotalQuotes Standing AverageElo
1 Lord_Aldrich_ If you beat Leela now, you will be the first human eliminated when she becomes Skynet   10  786 - 677 1648.80
2 Archstro I only watch the eval for now but it's going to be so great once I learn how the pieces move.   42  3921 - 3222 1628.98
3 ash_agender As a broke student, I just hang around here all the time, and eventually get given a sub by Windfishballad lol   5  193 - 165 1628.60
4 Jeroen_TCEC Fat Fritz 2 walks into a bar. Says the bartender: please show me your GPL licence   14  914 - 905 1611.64
5 naphtha42 People trying to develop Grob theory to make it playable to me feels like writing a cook book about which spices to use to make Surströmming edible.   12  724 - 629 1598.08
6 Stephane_Nicolet Don't listen to them, SF. You are not a monster, you are very cute.   16  1013 - 814 1591.06
7 MandelSet Q: What is the best day for Halogen? A: It's October 31st, because that day is Halo win!   10  265 - 248 1575.70
8 LeeTCEC An hour spent chatting at TCEC is an hour not worrying about the future of humanity.   5  130 - 115 1572.40
9 Hell_Mood how to become a millionaire - step1 : be a billionaire, step2 : gamble Kappa   5  119 - 116 1564.20
10 Viren6 i would never kill leela, if she freezes i buy a new computer Kappa   17  817 - 813 1554.71
11 jjcksn79 I said that asking me to do 100% normal posts was like asking a baboon to use the toilet.   5  338 - 332 1553.80
12 kiudee Any sufficiently advanced chess is indistinguishable from shuffling.   6  173 - 149 1551.33
13 Lolligerhans I like how the TCEC quotes have higher Elo than their authors   10  665 - 601 1549.30
14 TerjeWeiss mercy is hopefully patched out now   10  400 - 394 1545.90
15 CatoTheYounger_TCEC will my wife be alarmed if she finds Weiss pictures hidden in my home?   22  714 - 706 1545.73
16 gideon425 slow mode is awful. 30 seconds is not enough time to come up with a witty remark   9  259 - 221 1543.56
17 windfishballad Dragon is not weak. As banana has proven, if you triple up CPU speed keeping same GPU, and reduce TC by a factor ~6, then Dragon would become as strong as Leela tcecK   31  994 - 1072 1543.55
18 Dubslow in general, worrying about wasted time in TCEC is mostly an oxymoron   6  159 - 155 1532.67
19 gmmds27 Yeah chess players aren't IT guys and just think of an engine like some static tool. Like a hammer or washing machine.   84  1918 - 1954 1532.35
20 xchristianmccx The only reason I am even 100% convinced people other than me exist, and that I am not just imaging you all, is that occasionally someone does something so unfathomably stupid that I know I couldn’t have come up with it.   6  109 - 119 1532.33
21 lmabacus They should rename it the Berger-Sonneborn Score then. Move it up the tiebreaker order, reward players for better BS.   12  279 - 284 1522.08
22 eskchess Stare at leela code long enough and an image of mrbdzz becomes visible tcecK ...   9  208 - 216 1520.67
23 AndrewGrantEthereal I'm more of a Leela fan myself, but I can see why the people love Ethereal so   14  542 - 614 1519.21
24 NotAnAstronaut1 I predict the openings will involve moving pawns, and, just sometimes, a knight too.   9  167 - 168 1517.44
25 RubiChess Lemma of computerchess: (∃ x∈{chessengines}: x > SF) => SSS   5  87 - 92 1511.60
26 ONE_RANDOM_HUMAN !9ball can Slow win this [game vs SF]? Nightbot: Why should I even bother to answer this?   5  142 - 138 1510.60
27 digretion an immortal sac for human, another day in the office for fish   118  2862 - 3039 1510.56
28 DragonMist66 Chess is a waste of time; computer chess is a waste of time and electricity.   18  1096 - 726 1508.39
29 Jeydra Yeah, if Carlsen were in the superfinal I bet we get 100 decisive games Kappa …   12  439 - 331 1507.42
30 Qg3TwoExclamationMarks When you see a good mate, look for a better one. vbcurtis: That strategy has kept me from marriage for 25 adult years!   13  409 - 392 1505.15
31 nickpelling Just got a postcard from RedFish, holidaying in Bermuda. "Wish you were here depth 62/104"   13  524 - 471 1502.77
32 PermanentBrain They are too strong to lose, but also too weak to win.   6  131 - 135 1501.67
33 masterkni6 I don't have any quotes so I can't lose Kappa ...   5  77 - 87 1500.80
34 Aloril42 What about ''report a human user'' button? [Aloril42 remembers Kasparov was using that.]   7  124 - 133 1499.43
35 ddarthez nah, murder on screen is okay. The problem is when SF starts mating that it becomes 18+ content Kappa   83  2184 - 2266 1498.93
36 kaballeh In my days, nets caught fish, now fish are using nets. confusing times tcecK   41  1599 - 1566 1498.32
37 kanchess I think a chess engine will be able to beat a strong human player only when that strong human player is foolish enough to play the chess engine   97  2557 - 2764 1497.79
38 ophicleidon yet again an incredible showing by koivisto, not crashing in a bonus it doesn't play in. showing notable restraint   5  68 - 90 1497.40
39 kkeronen62 chatting in TCEC is physical activity. You must use your fingers. tcecK   9  154 - 177 1495.33
40 missingalpha0 a book exit over 2+- is like an all you can eat invitation   8  124 - 150 1491.88
41 polotovarman yes, we should be happy for Dragon making progress, not mocking it... we have Leela for that Kappa   6  111 - 125 1487.83
42 will2012 if this were tennis SF would be smashing the ball from inside the opponents court   12  243 - 249 1484.42
43 martin_van_essen 2... b5 is refuted on account of 162.Kxg6. All theory.   12  189 - 201 1483.75
44 TCEC_Spectator LCZero blog headline: Leela finishes second, Stockfish next to last. Kappa   6  133 - 136 1476.50
45 tmsenseii There are two kinds of chess fans: those who go by engine evals and liars. Kappa   9  412 - 403 1474.89
46 noobpwnftw in changelogs, we should write: Implemented new bugs Kappa   6  71 - 98 1473.17
47 Jerehmia jeroen's evil plan: fireworks at the start keeps em watching, fireworks at the end keeps em talking   5  294 - 351 1468.00
48 mrbdzz ethereal has one of the cleanest chess engine code bases I've seen, but don't tell AGE that I've said so Kappa   59  1632 - 1874 1467.66
49 Twipply If you don't mind a bit of PR spin, I see the Stoof tactical blunders as proof that it has quite some potential left - drfudgeboy : might be worth adding some more blunders so as to give more potential for improvement   7  109 - 131 1461.43
50 bagatur_superfan !mod PeterHegger: What do you need? bagatur_superfan: love. PeterHegger: You won't get much of that here :)..   7  114 - 133 1459.86
51 justAndy_ If it's leela playing expect drama in TCEC chat - Socrates 400 BC   5  59 - 85 1456.00
52 mikebridges6 `people who think they know everything are very irritating to those of us who do`   18  742 - 696 1455.61
53 futzmannblaffwig Sadler of course left before the slaughter begins, claiming There's going to be a lot of shuffling.   5  76 - 98 1446.80
54 masa142857 The whales were beached, but got lucky and were save by the tide Kappa   11  143 - 197 1435.73
55 SkatKorovox on the other hand, when drugs are mentioned in TCEC chat, it is usually not a sign of quality play   11  133 - 179 1434.36
56 Ove__ 1day takes one day ;)   16  199 - 270 1432.31
57 xtm2212 TCEC scams know no limits tcecK   7  90 - 121 1431.43
58 marklefler can we all call this the Immortal Shuffle Game then immediately forget about it?   6  111 - 112 1419.50
59 unknown @kiudee: We all know that Leela is the tactically weakest 3623 Elo engine possible.   20  255 - 336 1415.90
60 ausstein “Any A.I. smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.”—Ian McDonald   7  143 - 150 1414.00
61 Lazy_Frank Kan is a true leadership of broken whales.   9  88 - 142 1395.89
62 Kh6_h7 every new season is always the best,no matter what League..   6  36 - 77 1346.83
63 Moronocracy_USA yup - the little guy always gets the slaps - what is new on TCEC ?!? :D ...   6  38 - 79 1341.00
64 Nightbot There is no life worth living beyond TCEC Kappa   28  222 - 412 1317.79
65 quackquackblah sometimes bravery is idiocy   6  30 - 75 1298.17