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Stockfish – KomodoDragon
Top Chess Engine Championship Season 20 — FRC3 Final; match game 2; tcec-chess.com, March 14, 2021
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Position #381

1. f4 Nb6 2. Nb3 f6 3. e4 c6 4. f5 e5 5. Bf3. Theory with a human touch: 5. g4 Bc7 6. d3 0-0-0 7. Bf3 Kb8 8. Nfd2 d5 9. exd5 Bxd5 10. Ne4 h5 11. h3 Nfd7 12. Be3 hxg4 13. hxg4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Qf8 16. 0-0-0 Nc5 17. b4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 a6 19. Rde1 Bb6 20. Qg2 Nc7 21. g5 Nb5 22. gxf6 gxf6 23. Rg4 Rd4 24. Be4 Red8 25. c3 R4d7 26. Rg6 Qf7 27. Bh6 Nd6 28. Kc2 Nxe4 29. dxe4 Qa2 30. Bc1 a5 31. bxa5 Bxa5 32. Qe2 Rd6 33. Rg3 c5 34. Qb5 Rb6 35. Qxc5 Qa4+ 36. Kb1 Rc8 37. Qd5 Bxc3 38. Re2 Bd4 39. Rg8 Rbc6 40. Rxc8+ Kxc8 41. Rg2 Kb8 42. Qg8+ Ka7 43. Re2 Qd1 44. Qa2+ Kb6 0 : 1 Caruana – Nepomniachtchi, 1st World Fischerandom Chess Championship, Final for Third Place, Høvikodden 2019, match game 7 (time control: 15 minutes plus 2 seconds per move). 5. ... d6 6. 0-0-0 Bf7 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Kb1 Qf8 9. h4 a5 10. Ne3 h6 11. Qg2 Qe7 12. d3 a4 13. Nc1 Na8 14. c3 Ba5 15. Qc2 b5 16. d4 Nab6


17. d5! The most consistent, and probably the best move, securing a spatial edge. 17. ... cxd5 18. exd5 0-0. A double-edged position has finally arisen as consequence of heterogeneous castling, but White appears to be coming first. 19. a3! Rfc8 20. Qg2 Nc4 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Na2 Rb3


23. Ka1! A timely prophylactic move which nullifies any effect from the eventual doubling of Black Rooks. 23. ... Nc5 24. Bxc5. Of course White cannot allow ... Nc5-d3. 24. ... Rxc5 25. Be4 Rc8 26. Re3 Qa7 27. Rg3 Rcb8 28. Rd2 R8b7 29. Nc1 R3b5 30. Na2 Rb3 31. g5! Breakthrough begins. 31. ... Kh8 32. Qe2 Qb8 33. Qg4 Qf8 (33. ... Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Rxb2 35. Nb4+−) 34. Bb1 Rc7 35. Bc2 Rb5 36. Qd1 Bb6 37. Nb4 Ra5 38. Rdg2 Bc5 39. Nc6 Ra8 40. gxh6 gxh6 41. h5 Re8 42. Be4 Rb7 43. Rh3 Kh7


44. Rg6! Qh8 (44. ... Bxg6 45. hxg6+ Kg8 46. Qc1+−) 45. Qg4 Rg8 46. Rf3 Rc7 (46. ... Bxg6 47. fxg6+ Kg7 48. Qf5 Rf8 49. Nd8+−) 47. Qh4 Be8 48. Nd8 Bb6 49. Ne6 Rf7 50. Qg4 Rd7 51. Rg3 Be3 52. Rxe3 Rgg7 53. Rg3 Kg8 54. Rxf6! Rf7 55. Qxg7+ Qxg7 56. Rxg7+ Rxg7 57. Rf8+ Kh7 58. f6+ Rg6 59. Nf4! 59. Rxe8?? is stalemate. 59. ... exf4 60. Rxe8 f3 61. hxg6# 1 : 0.

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