Can Stockfish Defeat Professor Wumpus?

Опубликовано: 02 Март 2026
на канале: joekempsey

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We test Stockfish 17 up against Chess.com's newest Discord bot, Professor Doctor Wumpus (rating of "impossible"). Who will emerge victorious?

Chapters:
Game 1 (No Odds) 0:00-3:02
Game 2 (With Odds!) 3:03-7:59

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MUSIC INFO:

Remixes by @GlitchxCity

First two tracks: Discord Lofi Beats

Third track: Pokémon Diamond and Pearl - Pokémon League (Lofi Remix)

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SPOILER - GAME PGNs:

Game 1 (no odds):

[Event "Can Stockfish Defeat Professor Wumpus? (no odds)"]
[Site "https://www.chess.com/game/computer/1..."]
[Date "Sep 18, 2024"]
[White "Stockfish 17 NNUE (4 seconds / move)"]
[Black "discord-professor-wumpus"]
[WhiteElo "3870"]
[BlackElo "3100"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O 7. Bh6 Be6 8. h4 b5
9. h5 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ng4 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. f3 b4 14. Nd1 Ngf6 15. hxg6
hxg6 16. Bd3 c5 17. e5 Bd5 18. exf6 e5 19. Ne4 Nxf6 20. Qh6 Nh5 21. Nf6+ Nxf6
22. Qh8# 1-0

Game 2 (knight & positional odds):

[Event "Can Stockfish Defeat Professor Wumpus? (knight & positional odds)"]
[Site "https://www.chess.com/game/computer/1..."]
[Date "Sep 18, 2024"]
[White "discord-professor-wumpus"]
[Black "Stockfish 17 NNUE (4 seconds / move)"]
[WhiteElo "3100"]
[BlackElo "3870"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d3 Nd2 4. Qxd2 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. Be2 Bf5 8. O-O
e6 9. Qg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 h6 11. Bd2 g5 12. h3 Be7 13. Rae1 Kd7 14. a3 g4 15. hxg4
Bxg4 16. Bf4 h5 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Nxf7 Rhg8 20. Rc1 Rg7 21. Nd6 Rag8
22. Rf2 Bh4 23. Bf1 Bh3 24. Kh2 Bxf2 25. Kxh3 Rg4 26. g3 Rxg3+ 27. Bxg3 Rxg3+
28. Kh4 Nxf3+ 29. Kxh5 Rg5+ 30. Kh6 Be3 31. Rd1 Rxe5+ 32. Kg7 Kxd6 33. Nb5+ Ke7
34. d4 Rg5+ 35. Kh7 Kf8 36. Kh6 Rg4+ 37. Kh7 Rh4+ 38. Kg6 Rh6# 0-1