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Hello chessfriend and welcome to the Computer Rapid Chess Championship in 2021. In this tournament we will see the best chess engines battling in the rapid format with 15 minutes on the clock and 3 seconds increment per move.

THE ENGINES:

1 Stockfish : 3667
2 Dragon : 3650.
3 Stoofvlees : 3629.
4 Lc0 : 3516.
5 Ethereal : 3492.
6 Koivisto : 3491.
7 Komodo : 3487.
8 SlowChess : 3483.
9 Rubi : 3431.
10 Igel : 3422.
11 Seer : 3377.
12 Berserk : 3348.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “CCC 16 Rapid: Finals (15|3)”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/3FMdjuZb“]
[Date “2021.11.23”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Stockfish”]
[Black “Lc0”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “900+3”]
[ECO “B81”]
[Opening “Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6?! { (0.00 → 0.54) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (2… d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bc2) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6?! { (0.00 → 0.79) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (5… Nc6 6. Bf4 Bc5 7. Ndb5 O-O 8. Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6) 6. g4 { B81 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Keres Attack } h6 7. h4 Be7? { (0.32 → 1.40) Mistake. Nc6 was best. } (7… Nc6 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Qxh4 12. Qf3) 8. Bg2?! { (1.40 → 0.44) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } (8. Qf3 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7) 8… g6?! { (0.44 → 1.21) Inaccuracy. Nc6 was best. } (8… Nc6 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1 Nh7 12. f4 e5 13. Nf5 exf4 14. Nxe7 Nxe7 15. Bxf4) 9. g5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nc6 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Nh5 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Bh3 Bf3 16. Rg1 Ng7 17. a3 Bxh4 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Rxg4 Qd7 20. Rg1 Ne6 21. O-O-O b6 22. Kb1 Kf8 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rdf1 Kg7 25. f4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rxf4 Bd8 28. Rgf1 Rhf8 29. Rg1 Rh8 30. Rgf1 Rhf8 31. Qg3 Re5 32. Ne3 Rg5 33. Qf3 Rh5 34. Rg4 Kh7 35. Nf5 Bf6?! { (4.06 → 6.60) Inaccuracy. Qb5 was best. } (35… Qb5 36. Nxd6) 36. Rh1 Rxh1+ 37. Qxh1+ Kg8 38. Qh6 Qb5 39. Rxg6+ fxg6 40. Qxg6+ Kh8 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kg7 43. Qxb5 Kxh6 44. Qd7 Be5 45. Qxa7 b5 46. Qb6 Rf1+ 47. Ka2 Rf8 48. Qxb5 Rc8 49. a4 Rxc2 50. a5 Rc5 51. Qb6 Rc4 52. a6 Ra4+ 53. Kb1 Kg5 54. Qb5 Rxe4 55. a7 Re1+ 56. Ka2 Rc1?! { (61.56 → Mate in 8) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Re4 was best. } (56… Re4 57. a8=Q) 57. a8=Q Rc7 58. Qg8+ Kh6 59. Qa4 Rc4 60. Qaxc4 Bd4 61. Qxd4 Kh5 62. Qdh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0