How can a typical chess engine (Stockfish, Komodo, etc.) be so

Answer (1 of 2): besides the other two answers here which are absolutely spot-on: CPU speed and 10,000 lines of code is actually a lot of code, it is not so much about the code providing raw number crunching power to calculate a move. Instead algorithms are used which directs the program on thing

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I was randomly playing against chess.com's top level bot and it made this blunder. No clue how. (Game link is in comments) : r/chessbeginners

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Completely winning position. The engine on my phone thinks I should move the bishop out of the way, and doesn't see the mate. : r/chess

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