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: Main (15|3)”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/oPSU8B5A“]
[Date “2021.11.02”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Stockfish”]
[Black “Ethereal”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “900+3”]
[ECO “A18”]
[Opening “English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 { A18 English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation } Ne4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qc2 Ng5 7. Nxg5 Bxg5 8. cxd5 O-O 9. d4 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Qh4 13. g3 Qh5 14. O-O Nb4 15. Qb1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 c6 17. Nf4 Qh6 18. Qb3 Qg5 19. Qa3 a5 20. h4 Qd8 21. f3 g6 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Rf2 Be6 24. h5 g5 25. Nd3 Kh8 26. g4 h6 27. Rcc2 Kh7 28. f4 Bxg4 29. f5 f6 30. Qg3 Bd1 31. Rc1 Bxh5 32. Rh2 fxe5 33. Rxh5 Rxf5 34. Qh3 Rf6 35. dxe5 Rg6 36. Rf1 Rf8 37. Rxf8 Qxf8 38. Qd7+ Kg8 39. Rh3 Qf7 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qxa5 Qf5 42. Rg3 h5 43. Qb4 Rg7 44. Qe1 d4 45. Qd1 Kh6 46. Qe2 Re7?! { (2.75 → 3.48) Inaccuracy. Rf7 was best. } (46… Rf7 47. b4 g4 48. a4 Qg5 49. a5 Qf5 50. Rg2 Qg5 51. Qe4 c5 52. a6 bxa6 53. bxc5) 47. Rg2 c5 48. Rh2 g4 49. Rf2 Qg5 50. Qe4 c4 51. Rf5 Qe3+ 52. Qxe3+ dxe3 53. Nf4 h4 54. e6 Kg7 55. Re5 Kf6 56. Rxe3 Kf5 57. Ne2 Kf6 58. Nd4 Re8 59. Re4 Kg5 60. Nb5 Re7 61. Nc7 Kf5 62. Re1 b5 63. Nxb5 g3 64. Nd6+ Kf6 65. Kg2 Kg5 66. Nc8 Rb7 67. e7 Rxe7 68. Nxe7 Kf6 69. a4 Kg5 70. a5 c3 71. a6 cxb2 72. a7 b1=Q 73. Rxb1 Kg4 74. Rb4+ Kg5 75. a8=Q Kf6 76. Re4 h3+ 77. Kxg3 Kg5 78. Qg8+ Kh5 79. Qg6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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