Hi all .. Leela Chess ID 395 still has yet to be eclipsed by some tests of latest Leela
IDs and one of the amazing games it played which is a favourite of Enrico who
kindly you know created these gauntlets is against Gull version 3
so this is like one of them Rico's favorites for ID 395 - let's have a look d4
Knight f6 so Leela Chess playing White ... we enter into the nimzo-indian defense and
the Rubinstein variation with e3 - black castles Bishop d3 b6
now we enter into unknown territory usually we have .. e4 was played usually
there is Knight f3 this is the most trodden path and it does seem very
sensible but Leela sees something here which is remarkable it seems I
don't know if this is by accident either Bishop b7 the idea of playing e5 here
and clearly black you know was set up to kind of discourage that and put
pressure on the diagonal so Gull took the pawn on g2 and after a takes exf6
there's a very important idea here after if Queen takes f6 was played
and it wasn't ... g6 was played but there's a very important idea I wonder if you
can guess a move for white in this position so this is just a variation
very important white to play here
okay there's actually remarkable queen g4 just inviting the rook to be taken
because guess what? There's Bishop g5 just winning the Queen here and if the Queen
tried to be lodged away and just stays around to win that Queen so
this leads to the idea that this variation has got something going for it
because there's now a dangerous thorn pawn on f6 basically so g6 was played
Bishop g5 just holding the thorn pawn giving up the rook
it's remarkable idea and it's one of my favorite
to have thorn pawns. I often win games with thorn pawns so has it got great
potential here ? You'll have to check the very detailed
analysis check out that the link I'll give in the comments and in the
description ... so queen g4 was played in the game and now d5 and now we have
Queen h4 so the Queen is getting ready for Queen h6 ..Nd7 discourages Queen Qh6
because there'll be Knight takes f6 snapping off that pawn just in time
before being mated on g7 so white addresses this Bishop can it be trapped or
something so f3 was played also interesting is castling Queenside but
check out the variations they're crazy so rook b8 now Kf2 d takes c4 now
in this position white actually ignores that c4 pawn and plays Bishop e4 there's
another remarkable idea coming up in this position we have the move c5 and
you can see that the bishop can't easily get to f8 here and white pounces in this
position guess what white plays in this particular position now if I give you
five seconds to pause the video okay white pounces with Bishop takes g6 here
threatening mate now if F takes G then there's f7 check and then white will be
able to take the Queen the advantage so hxg and now again Queen h6 will fail
to knight takes f6 so white reinforces the f6 pawn and now has the gigantic threat of
Queen h6 this is totally winning this thorn pawn now
because of queen h6 - it's end of game Gull gives up basically from this
position and plays Bishop d2 just trying to stave off being mated for as long as
possible that's taken the bishop returns now to reinforce f6 now - that Queen h6
without dropping f6 Queen c7 this is very desperate stuff from black after
Queen takes Queen takes Knight e5 the game ended here there wouldn't be too
long to go if it was played on after Queen h6 check here c3 and then
mating so there's a remarkable discovery in this game people haven't played this
e5 before it's a bit crazy and there are some crazy lines in the analysis
where white can castle Queen side you can give up this other rook as well
absolutely crazy lines exist in the variations which give it it seems more
analysis needed but maybe this line is worthy of at least a some sort of
investigation so check out the variations in the PGN and let me know
what you think is this a new line worth considering worth a punt or at least in
our blitz chess let me know ... comments questions likes shares appreciated
Thanks very much