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Lichess AI algorithm is seriously searching for material advantage

It seems that stockfish prefer material advantage. Although online program doesn't allow playing against cutting edge powerfull multicore cpus, this one can show how GMIs zometime think. On the other hand, I don't know what does it mean to have a game focused on positional advantage.I'm talking about moves that seriously damage the opponent in the futur. Despite that, winning against this powerfull AI leads people to be invincible during short amount of moves.
If you can beat Stockfish by using this one simple trick then go ahead my Internet friend!
So, my friend, I wonder why you don't play classical games. In my case, this is the only one game that I studied during 20 years.I have a schedulle with my FIDE trainer. Maybe you will have time to play with me.
Stockfish cares deeply about material advantage, because having a material advantage can create a significant winning change. But it certainly also cares about positional problems.
For example, consider this position (Paul Morphy vs Alexander Beaufort Meek, 1st American Chess Congress (1857))
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Material is equal, and there are no real tactics on the board. But White has a meaningful space advantage, and Black's bishops are a bit locked in. Even at low depth, Stockfish 15.1 scores this as +1.8, which is 98.72% chance of a Win for white.

Stockfish is extremely strong in positional struggles with equal material, which is really what almost all engine tournament games come down to.
Is there a way to force stockfish not having material advantage ? As you mentionned, with equal material, stockfish is strong, but I have to get my partys more reliable at any positions, crawlinb all the possibilities. On the other hand, it seems that AI helped me being better. I think I could have reach my current status with humans if I would play with older people.

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