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AlphaZero (Computer) vs Stockfish (Computer)
AlphaZero - Stockfish Match (2018), London ENG, Jan-18
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jan-10-19
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  offramp: Here is AlphaZero (Computer) and Stockfish (Computer) playing what is sometimes called the Frankenstein-Dracula variation.

This is a wild king's pawn open game and so (even though I am not surprised any more by what can happen in chess) the game soon become a creepy closed one:


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29...Bg7.
*****
39.R1a6.


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This threatens the d-pawn, so Black plays
39...Ke7
White now plays a tactic that I think I first saw in one of the Fischer-Spassky games on '72: 40.Rxd6 Kxd6
41.Ra6+ Ke7
42.d6+ Kd8
43.dxc7+ Kxc7.


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White hasn't gained anything, just simplified the position.

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