Game of the Week #641: Equisetum - Leela Chess Zero

by Merijn van Delft
10/17/2024 – In his new Game of the Week show, Merijn van Delft takes an excursion into the world of computer chess and presents an absolutely crazy game, in which two computers tested their tactical skills. Which led to an incredible slugfest. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
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Game of the Week #641

With Caruana leading at the USA championship and Erigaisi on fire at the WR Chess Masters there is enough to choose from this week, but we went for something completely different.

Jeroen Noomen from Apeldoorn has been a computer chess expert for about 40 years now and pointed out an absolutely amazing game between Equisetum and Leela. Equisetum is an engine most people probably have never heard of, but the way it exploited a tactical oversight by Leela is astonishing.

Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?

Equisetum vs Leela Chess Zero, CCC Rating Brawl 2024
Position after 19...Bxg2

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In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.

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Merijn van Delft is an International Master from the Netherlands who lived in Hamburg for many years and is currently based in Amsterdam. After scoring a GM norm in 2017 he is eager for more. His ChessBase show on Wednesday evenings has been running for over ten years now.
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