Queen Sacrifice on Move 9! | Leela Chess Zero vs StockFish | TCEC Season 20 Game 4

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First 10 moves were arranged from famous Firouzja vs Karthikeyan game played in 2019. Queen sacrifice in move 9, it was a really good one but can we say it was an Engine Queen Sacrifice? Probably not as it was forced by the tournament organizers. Leela Chess Zero, artificial intelligence 2021 which started to learn chess 3 years ago from scratch, just by playing against itself. The choice of games like this one can be found only on the future best youtube chess channel. The game was played during the TCEC season 20, or if you like the full name: Top Chess Engine Championship 2021. It gives a very nice view of chess strategy for beginners, definitely a completely fresh view of chess. We don't recommend trying it at home but you can understand that very often chess sacrifice strategy is based on initiative and activity of pieces. Maybe it wasn't one of the best Leela Chess Zero chess games in its short history but definitely interesting one.

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Leela Chess Zero vs StockFish, TCEC Season 20, game 4
Opening, Variation [X00]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Nd2 cxd4 9. Nb3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 dxe3 11. Bd3 exf2+ 12. Kxf2 Nbd7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rhd1 Nh5 16. Bb5 Ne5 17. Qe3 c4 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Nf3 Nd3+ 20. Kg1 Rac8 21. Ne1 Ndf4 22. Rd7 a6 23. Ba4 Bxc3 24. Rad1 Ba8 25. Rxe7 Bf6 26. Red7 b5 27. Bc2 Ng3 28. Nf3 Rce8 29. Re1 Nfh5 30. Qa7 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Rc7 Bc3 33. Rd1 Nhg3 34. Kh2 Ba5 35. Rc6 Nc3 36. Rd7 Nf1+ 1/2-1/2

Link to Study created of this game:
lichess.org/study/CYpnWRHA/GAnovm2h#0

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0:38 Chess game

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All Comments (13)
  • @TheChessViking
    Very interesting choice, like you said based on the game Alireza against Karthikeyan....remember that one as I did a video on that game. That game made quite a splash at the time it was played.
  • @k4mil19
    Great analysis, thanks fod sharing
  • @anuradharamanujam4509
    Thanks for explaining this game. Very dynamic and full of tactics. This game should be called chess minefield with number of potential tactics.
  • @ashesds1
    This line seems like a lot of fun to play as black. Reminds me of David Bronstein. White is constantly having to fend of the vicious bishop and knight pair. As stockfish shows if played correctly black creates enough threats with its minor pieces to make a draw. Probably no human gm would risk going into this line as white anymore. Also I think Karthikeyan sacrificed the queen on intuition iirc from an interivew he gave after the game.
  • @martinguerre8220
    The problem with an engine versus engine game now is that we've been spoiled by the tournament at Wijk an See. So many brilliant games. And so much human interest. For a whole fortnight, day after day. I think we would all agree this is a most exciting time for chess at the highest level. Seems like any one of a dozen players can win a major tournament. Is the hegemony of the great Norwegian over?
  • @skaleckirafal
    That's an awesome opening, interesting if grandmasters are prepared, just in case... looks very risky for black, as they didn't develop yet
  • @WilliamJonesChess
    I remember Firouzja losing in style with this as white! 2 pieces for the Queen, white may be winning in material, but very difficult moves to make.
  • @martinguerre8220
    I was flabbergasted to think that an engine would sacrifice its queen like that! Amazing! Oops. Aha. It didn't. It was a set up. An interesting one.