lichess.org
Donate

One of The Greatest Games Ever Played

@jemir @Phil224

I added info to the blog about the Auerbach/Averbakh misattribution.

@jemir @Phil224 I added info to the blog about the Auerbach/Averbakh misattribution.

Thank you, it was unlikely that a GM-level game be played by an unknown.

Thank you, it was unlikely that a GM-level game be played by an unknown.

Hmmmmm. Clearly the version of Stockfish on lichess is not running at full strength, which is not surprising given that it has to run on very limited resources.

Otherwise, thank you for sharing this interesting game and your insightful comments.

Hmmmmm. Clearly the version of Stockfish on lichess is not running at full strength, which is not surprising given that it has to run on very limited resources. Otherwise, thank you for sharing this interesting game and your insightful comments.

Great game - even though I’ve seen it many times before it’s always cool to look at it again. Gusev was super strong - I think it’s fair to say he was easily GM strength. While his opponent in this game was a relative unknown - Gusev later beat Tal pretty convincingly so he could certainly hold his own against the big names (even though Tal was well past his prime at that point he would still have been a formidable opponent)

Great game - even though I’ve seen it many times before it’s always cool to look at it again. Gusev was super strong - I think it’s fair to say he was easily GM strength. While his opponent in this game was a relative unknown - Gusev later beat Tal pretty convincingly so he could certainly hold his own against the big names (even though Tal was well past his prime at that point he would still have been a formidable opponent)

Just a followup to my earlier comment on the engines looking at the key position. Stockfish appears to be the only engine that sees anything other than a draw, even at levels of 70+ ply. The other engines apparently prune the line early and don't go back to look at it no matter how deep they go on other lines. I had to go several ply deeper into the game before any of them finally started to see White's advantage.

This is where the human mind still has it over the engines in some situations. A human will look at a wild idea with a goal-directed focus and follow it through a long stretch of being down a lot of material for the possibility of an advantage at the end. I've noticed many times in endings where a human will sacrifice much if not all of a material advantage to go into a simply won ending, while the computer stubbornly holds on to the material advantage even if it means the win will take much longer.

Just a followup to my earlier comment on the engines looking at the key position. Stockfish appears to be the only engine that sees anything other than a draw, even at levels of 70+ ply. The other engines apparently prune the line early and don't go back to look at it no matter how deep they go on other lines. I had to go several ply deeper into the game before any of them finally started to see White's advantage. This is where the human mind still has it over the engines in some situations. A human will look at a wild idea with a goal-directed focus and follow it through a long stretch of being down a lot of material for the possibility of an advantage at the end. I've noticed many times in endings where a human will sacrifice much if not all of a material advantage to go into a simply won ending, while the computer stubbornly holds on to the material advantage even if it means the win will take much longer.

Fgfyguverrgtyuhjkbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ddddddddddddddddddd ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Fgfyguverrgtyuhjkbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ddddddddddddddddddd ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff sssssssssssssss fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff sssssssssssssss fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff