To parry the threat, white would have had to bring the knight on d2 to the kingside by 14. While both knight moves have the same goal to take the bishop on e3, the additional Qxh2+ threat associated with 13. This is where things started to go a bit wrong for black, and 13. c6, which hinders the queenside development.ĩ. Black is now essentially forced to play 9. The merits of the move include activating the bishop on g2 and undermining the b4/c4 pawns. Nfd2 may be a bit odd-looking move at first, but it is well-trodden paths in opening theory. However, as a compensation, white gets some activity and easier development.ĩ. a6 offering back the pawn, black opted to hang on to being pawn up. Instead of following the mainline theory with 7. This game was played from the starting position.ġ. Finally, white has accumulated enough small gains for a winning position.

Black always seems to be one or two tempi short on stabilizing but is never given the opportunity. This is done by shifting the focus of the game from one side of the board to another, and to force piece trades with favorable conditions. Leela uses this opportunity to impose relentless pressure and accumulating small positional improvements with the help of the pressure. Leela, playing as white, takes advantage of a single inaccurate move by Stockfish, essentially gifting a single critical tempo to Leela.

This game stands as a showcase of the positional strength of Leela. This Jhorthos net was a predecessor to the one that played in the Superfinal of Season 15. Leela was running on a Jhorthos net T40.T6.532. The bonus event consisted of 8 games between Leela and 'Bluefish.' Bluefish was a kibitzer engine at the time running Stockfish on strong hardware (4x Intel Xeon E5-4669v4 ), totaling 88 cores and 176 threads. This game was played during TCEC Season 15 in a bonus event.

Bluefish versus stockfish chess