Answers.Body: <p>In the recent <a href="http://schach.chess.com/news/stockfish-outlasts-nakamura-3634" rel="nofollow">Nakamura - Stockfish match</a>, Stockfish played with a one pawn handicap. </p>
  
  <p>Additionally "<strong>According to match conditions, Stockfish was not allowed to access either an opening book or an endgame tablebase.</strong>". </p>
  
  <p>Without opening database and with a one pawn handicap, Stockfish still beat Nakamura quite handily 3-1.  </p>
  
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Body: <p>Are there strong chess engines that can beat most of the good chess engines without using databases (like opening databases), solely using brute force?</p>
  
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Title: Can computer software that doesn't use databases still beat best in world?
ThreadText: # Can computer software that doesn't use databases still beat best in world?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-10)
  
  Are there strong chess engines that can beat most of the good chess engines without using databases (like opening databases), solely using brute force?
  
  **Tags:** engines
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Well.... The question is a very simple YES.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-10. Score: 4
  
  In the recent [Nakamura - Stockfish match](http://schach.chess.com/news/stockfish-outlasts-nakamura-3634), Stockfish played with a one pawn handicap.
  
  Additionally "**According to match conditions, Stockfish was not allowed to access either an opening book or an endgame tablebase.**".
  
  Without opening database and with a one pawn handicap, Stockfish still beat Nakamura quite handily 3-1.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I did not realize computer software/hardware have come this far.   Has the software come up with new openings that humans have never thought of before.  
  > **username_1**: @username_0 I think you underestimated computer chess. Lots of chess openings played by the top players are analyzed by computers.  
  
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