Featured is an excellent chess game between LCZero (3686) and Stockfish (3724) from the TCEC Season 28 Superfinal, game 59. The opening is a Modern Alekhine, with play beginning after 6…Nc6. Once Stockfish develops its bishop to e6, a series of forceful moves leaves it saddled with an isolated e-pawn. Following the queen exchange on move 24, Leela chooses to recapture on e3 with a pawn, prioritizing control of the key f4 square instead of keeping the e-file half-open for direct pressure on Stockfish’s pawn. From there, Leela steadily gains ground, establishing dominant outposts for both knights while Stockfish’s pieces gradually run out of useful moves. This game acts as an excellent example of how to convert against an isolated pawn, with Leela blockading the e5 pawn with a knight, and rendering Stockfish’s dark-squared bishop a non-factor throughout this 108-move battle.
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Ne4 Qd7 10. c3 O-O 11. a4 Qg4 12. Ng3 Be6 13. d5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Rad8 15. h3 Qc8 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Qe2 a5 18. O-O h6 19. Qe4 Rd6 20. Re1 e5 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Qc4 Qe6 23. Ne4 Nxe3 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. fxe3 Ne7 26. Kf2 Rb6 27. Reb1 Nd5 28. Ke2 Bf8 29. Nfd2 Rc6 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Nf3 Nb6 32. b3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Bd6 34. Rf1 Be7 35. Kd3 Re6 36. Nfd2 Nd5 37. Nc4 b6 38. Ke2 Kg7 39. Rd1 Nf6 40. Ncd2 Nd7 41. Kd3 Kf7 42. Kc4 c6 43. Kd3 Ke8 44. Nc4 Kd8 45. Rf1 Ke8 46. Ke2 Bc5 47. Rd1 Bf8 48. g3 Be7 49. g4 g5 50. Ng3 Bc5 51. Nf5 Bf8 52. b4 axb4 53. cxb4 b5 54. axb5 cxb5 55. Ncd6+ Kd8 56. Kf3 Kc7 57. Nxb5+ Kc6 58. Na7+ Kc7 59. b5 e4+ 60. Ke2 Re8 61. Nc6 Ra8 62. Nce7 Bxe7 63. Nxe7 Ra3 64. Nf5 Ne5 65. Rd6 Ra2+ 66. Kf1 Rb2 67. Rxh6 Rxb5 68. Kf2 Nf3 69. Kg3 Rb1 70. Re6 Rg1+ 71. Kf2 Rh1 72. Rxe4 Nd2 73. Kg2 Re1 74. Rd4 Re2+ 75. Kg3 Nf1+ 76. Kf3 Ra2 77. Ke4 Nd2+ 78. Kd5 Nf3 79. Rd1 Kd7 80. Ke4+ Nd2+ 81. Ke5 Kc7 82. Nd6 Nf3+ 83. Kf6 Nd2 84. Nb5+ Kb7 85. Kxg5 Ne4+ 86. Kf5 Nf2 87. Rb1 Ra8 88. g5 Rf8+ 89. Ke6 Rg8 90. h4 Kc6 91. Kf7 Rd8 92. g6 Rd7+ 93. Ke6 Rd8 94. g7 Kc5 95. h5 Kc6 96. h6 Re8+ 97. Kf5 Kc5 98. h7 Rxe3 99. g8=Q Rf3+ 100. Ke5 Re3+ 101. Kf4 Re4+ 102. Kf3 Re3+ 103. Kxe3 Nd1+ 104. Rxd1 Kb4 105. Qc8 Ka5 106. Rb1 Kb6 107. Qc7+ Ka6 108. Qa7