Option name TB Pieces installed type combo default 3 var none var 3 var 4 var 5 Option name GaviotaTbScheme type combo default cp4 var none var cp1 var cp2 var Option name GaviotaTbCache type spin default 32 min Option name GaviotaTbPath type string default gtb/gtb4 Option name TB Endgame type combo default none var Gaviota var none Option name Threads type spin default 1 min 1 max 64 Option name Ponder type check default false Option name OwnBook type check default false Option name Book File type string default cinnamon.bin Option name Nullmove type check default true Option name Hash type spin default 64 min ![]() License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later Here are the WER logs and minidump: link.Ħ4-bit popcnt bsf compiled with GNU GCC 5.1.0 Stockfish-Leela Chess Zero, Top Chess Engine Championship, April 2023ġ. (Click on the image above for a larger view of the chessboard.)ĭing-Nepomniachtchi, FIDE World Championship, Game 8, Astana, Kazakhstan, April 2023ġ. Qxg4+ and the dangerous black pawns have been efficiently harvested.Īs computers will do, Lc0 Zero plays it out to the bitter end - its cornered king finally mated after 53. Qxd7 Kxg6 (Black has three pawns for the piece, but Stockfish is not done) 42. Nh5+! (a critical finesse Black draws on 40. The White queen and knight prove stronger than Black’s queen and rook in crunch time: 33…fxg4 34. g4!!, showing the kingside attack is by no means done. Rh1 f5!, but Stockfish gives the (theoretically) frazzled defender more to handle with 33. Bh6 Qd4+ (amazingly, Black finds a way to parry the multiple mating threats) 30. Qxd3, when despite being down an exchange and a pawn, White has real attacking chances on the open field of the kingside.Īs to be expected, the attack and defense between two 3500+-rated players are at times otherworldly: 26. Qxa8 - and again seven moves later with 19. e6!, when Black must avoid lines like 13…Nxd5 14. White is already sacrificing pieces after a dozen moves - 12. Stockfish’s mad-genius sacrificial win over LcO’s Pirc Defense belies the old stereotype that the engines are too materialistic to play Romantic, swashbuckling chess. Through 80(!) games so far, Stockfish, a 13-time winner of the event, clings to a narrow 42-38 (15-11-54) lead. Longtime silicon bully Stockfish and challenger Leela Chess Zero are battling it out in the Top Chess Engine Championship. There’s actually another world chess championship being held this month, getting far less attention even though the “players” are incomparably stronger than either Ding or Nepomniachtchi. ![]() Ding must give back the piece to stop the pawns and the resulting rook ending is a dead draw.Ĭall it a swindle, but if the Russian claims the crown, this game could be the reason why. Black alertly sacrifices a piece to create a formidable kingside pawn phalanx and eliminate White’s invaluable d-pawn with 37. Bc6!, preserving the d-pawn, holds real winning chances after 37…e4 38. White misses one more chance before time control: 36. ![]() Qxb6 now Ding must take risks with time pressure losing if he wants the win he has earned.īlack is rewarded as White backs down with 32. This feint, abandoning the rook for some dangerous-looking checks, should lose, but White gets a clear, stress-free edge on 31…Qf8 32. Qc7 (see diagram), Black uncorks the unexpected 31…Qh4!!?. Qxe5+ Kh7.īut bluffing isn’t just for poker - with White dominating after 30. Rdh2, with a killer attack down the file) 25. Rd2!, a move that Black admitted he missed and one that leaves the White d-pawn a positional bone in the throat of the Black defensive position. e5! dxe5 d5!, with a strong central push that forces his opponent to react.īlack is up to the defensive task until 21. White builds on his initiative with the aggressive 11.
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