[Event "The Fake The Richmond Pieces The Fake Games Championship.: \"Game of the century\" Stockfish vs Spassky 1992"]
[Site "
lichess.org/study/oIQvnnNP/4Tw1kwju"]
[Result "*"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English Opening: King's English Variation"]
[Annotator "
@Dude128"]
[UTCDate "2024.03.23"]
[UTCTime "20:15:43"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Na6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2 Bf5 9. O-O O-O-O 10. b4! { This pawn sacrifice from stockfish was designed to confused the computer it was playing against. Boris Spassky. } 10... Nxb4 11. Nxb4 Bxb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Bb2 Rxd2 14. Na4 Rxb2! { This is the only move that does not lose for the 1972 world chess championship winner Boris Spassky } 15. Nxb2 Qc3 16. Qxf7 Nh6 17. Qb3 b5!! { B5 sets up the plan of launching a pawn storm in the endgame far in advance. } 18. Rac1 Qxb3 19. axb3 Kb7 20. Nd1 Ng4 21. Nc3 Nf6 22. Rfd1 Re8 23. e3 Kb6 24. h3 { without any clear inaccuracies stockfish has been outplayed and is now much worse off, the threat of a pawn storm grows. } 24... Bg6 25. Ne2 Bf7 26. Nd4 c5 27. Nf5 Bxb3 28. Nxg7 Rc8 29. Rd6+ Rc6 30. Rd8 a4 31. Rb8+ Ka5 32. Nf5 Rb6 33. Ra8+ Ra6 34. Rd8 a3 35. Bf1 Ka4 36. Rb8 Ra5 37. Ne7 Nd7 38. Rc8 a2 39. Nc6 Ba3 40. Re1 Bb2 41. Nxa5 Kxa5 42. Ra8+ Kb4 43. Rxa2 Bxa2 44. Bxb5 Kxb5 45. Re2 c4 46. Rxb2+ Bb3 47. Kf1 Kb4 48. Ke1 c3 49. Rb1 c2 50. Rc1 Kc3 51. g4 Kb2 52. Kd2 Ne5 53. Rxc2+ Bxc2 { "coolio" -Anatoly Aarpov a player who would have been world champion if Spassky was not the winner of every world championship match until the year 2000. } *