Nov-02-14 rhedrich : White's well-placed pawns beat Black's ill-placed rook. Amazing.

Nov-02-14 Jamboree : There is so much crazy deep tactics going on in this game that humans will likely never understand why many of the moves were played. Several different times when black had a rook up for the pawns, he make peculiar decisions to NOT develop and NOT untangle himself. Why?

Probably because there were insane 12-move-long combinations awaiting any of the obvious developing moves, which both computers saw, so they both went instead into what to us humans would have been irrelevant side lines.

Nov-02-14

Check It Out : It's instructive how both sides kept their knights "talking" to each other through much of the game.

Nov-02-14 956043 : Jonny is handicapped by the move 3...Be6?

Nov-02-14 FairyPromotion : Wonderful game! I kind of wish it was played between two humans, but still... Many times I have seen people discuss the standard material values, like how bishops should be worth more than knights, or sometimes how a queen is better than two rooks, but I think the most underrated pieces on this system are pawns. Give me 4 pawns over a rook any day. Oh, and let me use this opportunity to bring a wonderful finish to the attention of those who might have missed it. Here is a game that was previously GOTD with the same pun: Hector vs J Carstensen, 2003

Nov-02-14 Ratt Boy : <FairyPromotion> :

Thanks for pointing us to that other Jonny. The ending actuary made me laff out LOL.

Nov-02-14

Penguincw : Thanks to <notyetagm> (and maybe others) for pointing out this game, and nominating it for <GOTD> . chessgames.com chessforum Also notice how after 23...Qxc1, black is down a rook for 2 pawns, and after 41...Kxd7, it's <2> rooks for 3 pawns. Of course, white quickly regains it. The last GOTD to feature a computer I believe is Stockfish vs Rybka, 2013 on July 15th, 2014.

Nov-02-14 goldenbear : I used to crush Chessmaster from time to time.

Nov-02-14 wind mind : This is why we can forget about it...

Nov-02-14 Ovy : It's just amazing for how many moves SF was playing rook down.

Nov-02-14 Rama : I have to admire 37. Kh2

Nov-03-14

kevin86 : White's outside pawn will win!

Jan-01-15 Nova : Sorry if it is obvious, but why doesn't Black play 21…c1=Q? Isn't that just winning?

Jan-23-15 Jeff253 : Nova... if 21...c1Q then 22.Raxc1 Qxc1 23.Nac4! White is down a rook for a few moves, but should end up a pawn up and with an superior position. E.g. 21...C1Q 22.Raxc1 Qxc1 23.Nac4 Qc2 24.Nd6 (not quite as accurate is 24.Qd7 Ne7 25.e4 Qxe4 26.Nd6 Qxd4 27.Nexf7 Nbc6 28.Re1 Rb8 29.Nxh8 ) 24...f6 (24...g6 creating an escape square for the king, 25.Nxc8 Qxc8 26.e4 , 24...Rb8? trying to keep the material advantage 25.e4! Qc7 26.Nd7+ ) 25.e4 fxe5 26.exd5 Nxd5 27.Qd7 Qc7 28.Qf5+ Nf6 29.Nxc8

Jul-10-16 RandomVisitor : After 21...a5



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+0.33/47 22.Nac4 Kg8 23.Qa3 f6 24.Nf3 Nd3 25.Rfc1 Nxc1 26.Rxc1 Nb4 27.Ne1 g6 28.h3 Kg7 29.Nxc2 Nxc2 30.Rxc2 Rhd8 31.Rc1 Qb7 32.Nxa5 Rxc1+ 33.Qxc1 Rc8 34.Qd1 Qb5 35.Nc4 Rb8 36.Nd2 Qc6 37.Qb1 Qc3 38.Qa2 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qc7+ 40.g3 Qc6 41.Qa5 Rb5 42.Qa7+ Rb7 43.Qa8 Rc7 44.Qxc6 Rxc6 45.Ne4 Rc2 46.Kg2 Kf7 47.g4 Ke7 48.Kg3 Rc1 49.Kf4 Rc2 50.g5 fxg5+ 51.Kxg5 Rb2 52.Kh6 <+0.16/47 22.Nb5 c1Q 23.Raxc1 Qxc1 24.h3 Qc2 25.Nd6 f6> 26.e4 fxe5 27.exd5 Ke7 28.Nxc8+ Rxc8 29.Qxa5 Qc3 30.dxe5 Qd4 31.d6+ Ke6 32.Qb5 Rd8 33.Qb7 Nd5 34.Qxg7 Qxe5 35.Qxh7 Rxd6 36.Qg8+ Ke7 37.Rd1 Nf6 38.Qg7+ Ke6 39.Rxd6+ Kxd6 40.Qf8+ Kd7 41.Qb4 Ne4 42.Qa4+ Kd6 43.Qa6+ Kc7 44.Qc4+ Kb6 45.Qb4+ Kc7 46.Qe1 Kd6 47.h4 Qd5 48.Qe3 Nf6 49.f3 Kd7 50.g3 Qd1+ 51.Kg2 Nd5 52.Qe4 Qxb3 53.h5