Join IM Danny Rensch as he breaks down this epic game between Stoofvlees and Stockfish during the 15th Computer Chess Championship on Chess.com! The game is great throughout, but is 21.h3!! in particular the greatest zugzwang you have ever seen?!
[Event “”CCC15: Preliminary Round (1|1)””]
[Site “”?””]
[Date “”2020.08.18″”]
[Round “”1″”]
[White “”Stoofvlees””]
[Black “”Stockfish””]
[Result “”1-0″”]
[ECO “”C11″”]
[GameDuration “”00:05:58″”]
[GameEndTime “”2020-08-18T20:53:15.275 PDT””]
[GameStartTime “”2020-08-18T20:47:16.681 PDT””]
[Opening “”French””]
[PlyCount “”161″”]
[TimeControl “”60+1″”]
[Variation “”Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation””]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qd8 17. f5 exf5 18. Rfb1 Qa5 19. Qg5 Be6 20. R1b6 Rxc3 21.
h3 Rc8 22. c3 Qa4 23. Kh2 Qa3 24. Ra7 a5 25. Rab7 f4 26. Ra7 a4 27. Rba6 f3 28.
Qh5 g6 29. Qxf3 Be7 30. Rxa4 Qb2 31. R4a6 Qb8 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Qf6+ Kd7 34.
Rd6+ Qxd6 35. exd6 Rhe8 36. Qf1 Rc4 37. a4 Bf5 38. a5 Ra8 39. g4 Be6 40. Qb1
Kxd6 41. Qb6+ Rc6 42. Be5+ Kxe5 43. Qxc6 Rc8 44. Qb5 Rxc3 45. a6 Kf4 46. a7 Rc2+
47. Kg1 Rc8 48. Qb8+ Ke3 49. a8=Q Rxb8 50. Qxb8 d4 51. Qe5+ Kd3 52. Kf2 h6 53.
Kf3 Bb3 54. Qb5+ Kc3 55. Qa5+ Kc4 56. Qc7+ Kd3 57. Qd6 h5 58. gxh5 g5 59. h6 g4+
60. hxg4 f6 61. h7 f5 62. h8=Q fxg4+ 63. Kxg4 Bd1+ 64. Kg3 Bb3 65. Qhxd4+ Kc2
66. Qb2+ Kxb2 67. Qc7 Bd1 68. Kf2 Kb3 69. Ke1 Bh5 70. Qh7 Bf3 71. Qd3+ Kb4 72.
Qxf3 Kc5 73. Kd2 Kd6 74. Qf7 Ke5 75. Kd3 Kd6 76. Kd4 Kc6 77. Qe7 Kb6 78. Qd7 Ka5
79. Kc5 Ka6 80. Qe7 Ka5 81. Qa7# 1-0
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