This is an instructive strategic battle between Leela Chess Zero (3692) and KomodoDragon (3620) from the Premier Division of the Top Chess Engine Championship Season 28, round 46. The game features the Semi-Slav Defense, Accelerated Meran, starting from the position after 7…a5. Leela quickly sets sights on establishing an invasive pawn on b6, arriving with tempo and leaving KomodoDragon’s b7 pawn as a long-term target, especially as the game drifts toward a simplified endgame. By move 10, Leela’s pawns on b6 and c5 are already significantly limiting the scope of KomodoDragon’s pieces. Once the central tension is resolved with e4, Leela demonstrates a masterful piece reorganization before launching a thematic f-pawn advance that breaks open the position
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 a5 8. b5 Be7 9. Qa4 Qc7 10. b6 Qb8 11. Qc2 O-O 12. h3 e5 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Re8 15. a4 Bf8 16. Bd2 Nh5 17. Qc1 Ndf6 18. Rd1 e4 19. Nh2 Ng7 20. Rf1 Nfh5 21. Kh1 f5 22. Rg1 Be7 23. g4 Nf6 24. Rg2 Rf8 25. Qg1 Be6 26. Rf1 Qd8 27. Bd1 Qc8 28. Be1 Rf7 29. Be2 Rb8 30. f4 exf3 31. Rxf3 Ra8 32. Rf1 fxg4 33. hxg4 Ne4 34. Nf3 Ng5 35. Ne5 Rxf1 36. Qxf1 Nf7 37. Bg3 Nxe5 38. Bxe5 Qd7 39. Qe1 Bg5 40. Qg3 Rf8 41. Kg1 Ne8 42. Rf2 Rxf2 43. Kxf2 Qe7 44. Kg2 h6 45. Nd1 Bh4 46. Qf4 Bg5 47. Qf3 Nf6 48. Nf2 Kh7 49. Qg3 Ne8 50. Nd3 Bd7 51. Bf4 Bh4 52. Qh3 g5 53. Bh2 Bc8 54. Ne5 Nf6 55. Qf3 Kg8 56. Bd3 Be6 57. Nxc6 bxc6 58. Bd6 Qg7 59. Be5 Qf7 60. b7 Nd7 61. Qxf7+ Kxf7 62. Bb5 cxb5 63. c6 Nxe5 64. dxe5 d4 65. exd4 Bd5+ 66. Kh3 Bxc6 67. b8=Q Bd7 68. Qc7 Be1 69. Qxd7+ Kg8 70. axb5 Bc3 71. e6 Bb4 72. e7 Bxe7 73. Qxe7 a4 74. b6 h5 75. b7 hxg4+ 76. Kxg4 a3 77. b8=R