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LeelaKnightOdds’s Orangutan Goes Bananas on Grandmaster in 19 Moves

October 22, 2025 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Featured is a rapid chess game played between LeelaKnightOdds and Grandmaster ‘Former_Player’ on lichess. Leela plays white without a queen knight, and shortly after grabbing queenside space looks to control e5. This sparks aggressive play by the Grandmaster, and Leela manages to wiggle out of it all with an oddball looking king and queen switch-a-roo I guess we might say, forcing the Grandmaster to resign in only 19 moves.
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1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. Rb1 d5 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 Be6 6. Ne2 c6 7. Nd4 Bd6 8. c5 Bc7 9. f4 exf3 10. gxf3 Ne4 11. Ke2 Qh4 12. Qe1 Qh5 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. Kd1 O-O-O 15. Be2 Nef6 16. h4 g6 17. b5 Nb8 18. Rg5 Qh6 19. Nxe6

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