Featured is an instructive chess game between Stockfish and Leela Chess Zero from the Top Chess Engine Championship, Season 28 Bonus Edition, Game 73. The game begins as a Slav Defense, reaching the start position after 8…Bd6. The early middlegame revolves around Stockfish’s knight on g3 and Leela’s bishop on g4. Stockfish avoids forcing a trade, focusing instead on development. Leela replies with 9…Nh5, ensuring the light-squared bishop remains on the board, but ultimately it plays no productive role. Stockfish’s queenside space grab with c5 secures a long-term advantage, and by move 16 (Rfe1), the superiority of Stockfish’s rooks over Leela’s becomes clear. In the endgame Leela reaches a material advantage of five pawns versus Stockfish’s knight and single pawn, yet Stockfish is able to preserve the pawn and arrives at a theoretical tablebase win after 75 moves. The time control for this game is 30 minutes each with a 3-second increment per move.
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. c5 Bc7 11. e4 Qh4 12. O-O Nd7 13. b4 O-O 14. a4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Nf1 Bh6 18. h3 Bh5 19. Nh2 Bf4 20. Nf1 Bh6 21. Nh2 Bf4 22. Bf1 a5 23. axb5 axb4 24. Na2 Nf6 25. Nxb4 Nxe4 26. Nd3 cxb5 27. Nxf4 Qxf4 28. g4 b4 29. gxh5 b3 30. Qb2 gxh5 31. Bd3 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Rb8 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Rb1 Kh8 35. f3 Qc2 36. Nf1 Qd3 37. Kf2 Ra8 38. Qxb3 Qxd4+ 39. Ne3 Qxc5 40. Qb4 Qxb4 41. Rxb4 Rd8 42. Ng2 Kg7 43. h4 Rd6 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Rb5 d4 46. Kf4 Ra6 47. Ke4 Ra3 48. Rb7 Ra1 49. Rb2 Rd1 50. f4 d3 51. Ne3 Rh1 52. Nc4 Rxh4 53. Ne5 Ke7 54. Rb7+ Ke8 55. Nxf7 d2 56. Nd6+ Kf8 57. Rb1 Rh2 58. Rd1 h4 59. Nc4 Kf7 60. Nxd2 h3 61. Ke3 h5 62. Nf3 Rg2 63. Rh1 Rg3 64. Ke4 Kf6 65. Ra1 Kg6 66. Ra6 Kf6 67. Ra5 Kg6 68. Re5 Rg4 69. Rxe6+ Kf7 70. Rc6 Ke7 71. Rh6 h2 72. Nxh2 Rg2 73. Nf3 Re2+ 74. Kd3 Re6 75. Rxe6+