The Top Engines from 20 Years ago – Spike vs Naum – Catalan Opening, Botvinnik Variation

In this video I will show you a beautiful game played by old chess engines Spike and Naum in a beautiful Botvinnik Variation of the Catalan Opening.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “Import”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/vcJMWhou“]
[Date “2023.04.27”]
[White “Spike 1.1”]
[Black “Naum 1.91 32-bit”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2689”]
[BlackElo “2606”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “E07”]
[Opening “Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. Qd3 { E07 Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation } b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 a5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Ba6 13. Qb1 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxf1 15. Bxf1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nb8 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qh4 Ra7 19. Qh6 Rd8 20. Bf6 Bf8 21. Qh3 Qc8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Bxg6 Rd5 24. Be4 Na6 25. Re1 Rc7 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rxe6 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Rxg7 29. Ne5 Nc7 30. Rxb6 Qe8 31. Qh6 Re7 32. Ng4 Qf7 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Rb8+ Ne8 35. Qf4 Re6 36. Nxe8 { White wins. } 1-0