Queenside Annihilation! – Caissa vs Stockfish 15 – French Defense, Steinitz Variation

Stockfish 15 destroys e4 with ultra aggressive play in the Steinitz Variation of the French Defense.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “CCRL 40/15”]
[Site “CCRL”]
[Date “2023.01.04”]
[Round “859.2.719”]
[White “Caissa 1.4 64-bit 4CPU”]
[Black “Stockfish 15.1 64-bit 4CPU”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “3384”]
[BlackElo “3531”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C11”]
[Opening “French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 { C11 French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation } a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. h4 Be7 10. h5 Bb7 11. Ne2 b4 12. g4 a5 13. Bh3 h6 14. g5 hxg5 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Nxg5 Nc4 17. Qd3 b3 18. cxb3 Nb4 19. Qb1 Bxg5 20. bxc4 dxc4 21. fxg5 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qd5 24. Kd2 Rd8 25. Bxe6 c3+ 26. Kxc3 Qc5+ 27. Kb3 a4+ 28. Kxa4 Nc2 29. a3 Rxd4+ 30. Bxd4 Nxd4 31. Qd3 O-O 32. Qa6 { Black wins. } 0-1