Leela’s EPIC Endgame Win!

Join NM Sam Copeland as he breaks down the intricacies of an instructive endgame win by Leela Chess Zero against Stockfish 8 from their 200-game match in the computer chess championship!

[Event “AlphaZero Simulation Match (10|5)”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2020.08.06”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Lc0”]
[Black “Stockfish”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C47”]
[GameDuration “00:26:38”]
[GameEndTime “2020-08-06T10:14:12.335 PDT”]
[GameStartTime “2020-08-06T09:47:33.427 PDT”]
[Opening “Four knights”]
[PlyCount “141”]
[TimeControl “600+5”]
[Variation “Scotch, 4…exd4”]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.h3 c6 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Qf3 Bd6 13.Rfe1 Be6 14.Ne2 Bxf4 15.Nxf4 Qb6 16.b3 Bd7 17.Nh5 Nxh5 18.Qxh5 g6 19.Qh4 c5 20.Qg5 Qd6 21.Qd2 d4 22.h4 Bc6 23.a4 h5 24.Qg5 Kg7 25.f4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Re5 Rxe5 28.fxe5 Qe6 29.a5 Bd5 30.Kf2 Kf8 31.Qf6 Qxf6+ 32.exf6 Ke8 33.Kg3 Kd7 34.Kf4 Kd6 35.g4 hxg4 36.Kxg4 Ke6 37.Kg5 Bc6 38.a6 Be8 39.Bc4+ Ke5 40.b4 cxb4 41.Bb3 Ke4 42.Kh6 Ke3 43.Kg7 Kd2 44.Kf8 Kc3 45.Kxe8 d3 46.Kxf7 d2 47.Kg8 d1=Q 48.f7 Qd6 49.f8=Q Qxa6 50.Qc5+ Kb2 51.Qxb4 Qc8+ 52.Kg7 Qc7+ 53.Bf7+ Kc1 54.Qd4 a5 55.c4 a4 56.c5 a3 57.Qd6 Qa7 58.Kf6 Qa5 59.c6 Qc3+ 60.Ke7 Qe3+ 61.Kd7 Qh3+ 62.Be6 Qc3 63.c7 a2 64.Bxa2 Qg7+ 65.Kc6 Qh8 66.Be6 Qxh4 67.c8=Q Qa4+ 68.Kb6+ Kb1 69.Qd3+ Qc2 70.Qcxc2+ Ka1 71.Qb1# 1-0

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