# Chess: How great a materiel disadvantage for a grandmaster to be at even odds against a novice?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** board-card-word-game, chess\
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-how-great-a-materiel-disadvantage-for-a-grandmaster-to-be-at-even-odds-against-a-novice/973137 "2022-10-12T18:55:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-how-great-a-materiel-disadvantage-for-a-grandmaster-to-be-at-even-odds-against-a-novice/973137/11 "2022-10-14T16:57:53Z")

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Thanks, **hogarth**. An interesting little story - never read that before! I’ve passed it along to my father and some other chess-loving friends.

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