Dracula and Frankenstein Are Friends

Stockfish – Leela Chess Zero
Top Chess Engine Championship Season 17 — Superfinal; match game 7; tcec-chess.com, April 9, 2020
Vienna Game C27

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qf6. In the following, reverse game there followed 8. ... Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Ne2 Bxa8 13. 0-0 g5 14. Qh3 h5 15. d4 h4 16. c3 f4 17. Bd5 exd4 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxd4 Bb7 20. Rd1 Kc8 21. b3 Qf7 22. f3 Bg7 23. Re1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Ba3 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Nb5 27. Rc1+ Kb8 28. Bb2 a5 29. Qf5 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Ka7 31. h3 g4 32. Qxg4 Qd2 33. Qxd7 Qxb2 34. Re1 Nxd4 35. Re7 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Qxa2+ 38. Kg1 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qb2+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Ke2 Qb2+ 42. Qd2 Qxb3 43. Qxf4 Qc2+ 44. Ke1 Ka6 45. Qd2 Qb1+ 46. Ke2 Qb5+ 47. Kf2 a4 48. Qd4 Qc5 49. Qxc5 bxc5 50. Ke2 Kb6 51. Kd2 a3 52. Kc3 a2 53. Kb2 Bc8 54. Rh7 Bxh3 55. Rxh4 Bg2 56. f4 Kc6 57. Rh5 Bd5 58. Re5 Bg8 59. Rg5 Bc4 60. Re5 Kd6 61. Re4 Bd3 62. Re3 Bb1 63. Ka1 c4 64. Kb2 Kd5 65. Ka1 c3 66. Rxc3 ½ : ½ Leela Chess Zero – Stockfish, Top Chess Engine Championship Season 17 — Superfinal, April 9, 2020, match game 8. 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6. A tabiya of the Frankenstein–Dracula Variation.

11. Qf3 Nd4. Maybe best — anachronistically speaking — is 11. ... Bb7 12. h4 Nd4 13. Qh3 Bh6 14. d3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 e4 16. Ne2? (16. Kf1) 16. ... exd3 17. Nxd4? d2+!−+ 18. Kxd2 Qxd4+ 19. Ke1 Re8+ 20. Kf1 Ne4 21. Kg1 Qxf2+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ 23. g3 Nxg3! 24. Qxg3 Re2+ 25. Kh3 Bg2+ 26. Qxg2 Re3+ 0 : 1 Vyakhirev – Verlinsky, All-Russian Amateur Tournament, Saint Petersburg 1909. 12. Qh3 f4 13. c3 Nc6 14. d3 h5 15. Qf3 g5 16. Qd1 Ba6 17. Ne2 h4 18. h3 e4

19. 0-0! Who knows, perhaps Black was hoping for a tactical vortex in case of 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. Bd5 (20. Bc2 Nxf2!! 21. Kxf2 Bc5+ 22. Ke1 Re8 23. Bd3 Bb7! also gives Black excellent compensation) 20. ... Nxf2!! 21. Kxf2 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Re8 23. Bf3 Rxe2!! (Black will be two Rooks and a Bishop down, but White can’t make any use of it!) 24. Bxe2 f3! 25. Bxa6 fxg2++ 26. Ke2 Qf2+ 27. Kd3 Qf5+ 28. Kd2 Qf2+ drawing by perpetual check. 19. ... Bxd3 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. a4! Bb7 22. a5 Nxa5 23. Ba4 Bxa8 24. b4 Nc6 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Nd4 Bd5 27. Qg4 Nc8 28. Rd1 Rh6 29. Bb2. Despite the dynamic material balance, White is clearly dominating the board. 29. ... Bc4 30. b5 Rh7 31. Nc6+ Kc7 32. Nxa7 Nd6 33. Ba3 Rf7 34. Bxd6+ Bxd6

35. Nc6!! Bxb5. If 35. ... dxc6 then 36. Ra7+ Kb8 (36. ... Kd8 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Qc8+−) 37. Ra8+! Kxa8 38. Qc8+ Bb8 39. Ra1+ Ra7 40. Rxa7+ Kxa7 41. Qa6 mate. 36. Nd4 Bd3 37. Ra7+ Kd8 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. f3 Bc5 40. Rg8 Rg7 41. Rc8 Bxd4+ 42. cxd4 Qg6 43. fxe4 Qxe4 44. Qh5 Qe3+ 45. Kh2 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 f3. Black has nothing better than return one of its two extra Pawns in order to avoid the worst, though, even thus, it has almost zero chances to hold its own in the endgame an Exchange down. 47. Qxf3 Qxf3 48. gxf3 Bb5 49. Rb8 Rf7 50. Re1+ Kd6 51. Rxb6+ Bc6 52. Kg2 Rf4 53. Re4 Rf5 54. Re3 Rd5 55. Rb4 Ra5 56. Rb2 Rd5 57. Rd2 Rf5 58. Rdd3 Rf4 59. Kf2 Bd5 60. Rd1 Be6 61. Re4 Rf5 62. Rde1 Bd5 63. R4e3 Rf4 64. Rg1 Rf5 65. Rg4 Kc6 66. f4 Rxf4+ 67. Rxf4 gxf4 68. Re5 Be6 69. d5+! Bxd5 70. Rh5 Kd6 71. Rxh4 Ke5 72. Rg4 Kf5 73. Rg1 Be4 74. h4 d6 75. Rg8 Ke5 76. h5 Kf6 77. h6 Kf7 78. Rg7+ Kf8 79. Ke2 d5 80. Kd2 Bf5 81. Ke1 Bd3 82. Kf2 Be4 83. Ke2 d4 84. Rg4 Bc2 85. Kf2 Kf7 86. Rg7+ Kf6 87. Rc7 d3 88. h7 d2 89. h8=Q+ Kg6 90. Qg7+ Kh5 91. Rc5+ Kh4 92. Qh6+ Kg4 93. Qh5 mate.