Stockfish's Attacks Are RELENTLESS vs. Leela Chess Zero!

NM James Canty III brings you an incredible Game of the Day from Computer Chess Championship 2021! LeelaChess0 takes on Stockfish in an absolute grudge-match of a game in some of the finest attacking chess we've seen out of Stockfish to date.
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[@heyhey-jb8oi]

I love NM James Canty the Third's commentary every time.

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks so much! 💯🔥

[@-.-_-.-_-.-_-.-_-.-_-.-_-]

Everybody loves the guy, best commentator I have seen, at least when it comes to the entertainment/learning combo

[@baerayyani]

Stockfish calling its own move as BRILLIANT. Narcissistic personality of Computer

[@aabishegaabi6047]

😆

[@MegaArroman]

Good one:D I wonder what it thought of 1.h3?!

[@aesaehttr]

Lolol like magnus

[@TheDigiWorld]

I think they might have analyzed with something like Komodo

[@okreally6660]

[@profusnea]

Computers are the only ones that can pull the uno reverse card when it looks like they hung their queens

[@LeventK]

Mikhail Tal joined the chat

[@adiadiadi333]

Computer: Accepts Tal's sacs giving back no compensation Mikhail Tal left the chat

[@thydragonslayers9587]

Rosen has joined the chat

[@TidakDiket23]

Imagine never leaving your queen hanging

[@aest882]

tang and tal and rosen intensifies

[@rizzo7297]

So much energy from this commentator, glorious

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks Michael! 💯🔥

[@shivprasad3536]

Stockfish : plays h3 Me: Understandable, have a nice day!

[@aesaehttr]

Lmao

[@seasideman]

I think they tend to give the engines lots of specific openings for these tournaments (as both black and white) so h3 might not have been the choice of the engine.

[@traplover6357]

They do because they'll always pick the best move, not the neutral move.

[@AlayanT]

@@GoodKnightChess The game comes from the ongoing "Eco mega-match" which has all openings from the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings. There are some wacky ones, but a lot of e4 and d4 theory too.

[@johnnyhyperborean1035]

Exactly

[@vorador4365]

Great video NM James Canty the Third! Thoroughly enjoyed that one

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks a lot! 🔥🔥🔥

[@luciano53688]

@@JamesCantyIII James Canty III is a true master. Great video

[@JamesCantyIII]

@@luciano53688 thanks my guy! 💯

[@Boomin4u]

Great energy on the explanation, I’m looking for more James Canty videos now

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks Lance more on the way bro! 🔥💯

[@salumtummundi9462]

Make computers learn about the bongcloud gambit and see where it takes it.

[@aabishegaabi6047]

Its not a gambit *

[@seeker8672]

@@aabishegaabi6047 psychological gambit

[@aabishegaabi6047]

@@seeker8672 :P

[@michaelaggelos4214]

Yeahh another upload from James Canty

[@PaulHobbs23]

Wow, really fascinating play by stockfish. I love these analysis videos of crazy tactical games by engines, especially with James' great commentary.

[@Football-ip7ds]

NM james canty please bring more videos like this. I really like your commentary and your sense of humour.👍🙌

[@jakecasper8416]

Great commentary, very helpful. Thanks

[@elindauer]

Inspirational attacking chess right there. Great game, great analysis, entertaining and informative.

[@eydok5114]

This guy makes it very fun to watch these games. Keep it up!

[@pradyumnamundhe8643]

1:10 Hyper Modern Opening Players :- I'm just gonna pretend I didn't see that

[@bhanubanerjee23]

I love your commentary james just keep on doing more 👍

[@yahya3800]

This man's spitting epic rhymes! In a chess game!!

[@JamesCantyIII]

🤣🤣🤣 BARS 🔥💯💯🔥🔥🔥

[@iShadowOfDeath]

Fantastic analysis. Very entertaining and informative!

[@tamal20]

Stockfish sacrifices pieces : Me: *R E S I G N*

[@yonetmen]

Great analysis sir! Thank you!

[@JammastaJ23]

More james this was great

[@user-tm9hy5he8o]

Great video from James as usual!

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thanks buddy!

[@winawar12]

Man I love James' commentary holy

[@JamesCantyIII]

🤣 thanks buddy! 💯🔥

[@starlordplays1206]

I love ur reactions when some crazy move is on the board 😂😂

[@JamesCantyIII]

🤣🤣🤣 I’m always like that!

[@peroh3408]

James Canty makes chess so much more interesting

[@Hardcore0wl]

What a savage. Waiting for stockfish win a game after playing bongcloud opening now

[@ogreeni]

Excellent commentary!

[@marshmelows]

Great commentator, funny and clear. Thanks James!

[@bigj9503]

seeing james replying to comments makes me happy

[@MrSaivasu]

looking for more videos of stockfish, Lc0 and James combo

[@larissamahoney4829]

Commentary made this game so much better

[@andresgonzalez-gm5ry]

James you should make your own channel. Great energy man!

[@brhend]

This analysis was artistry. Highly enjoyed it.

[@JamesCantyIII]

Glad you liked it! 💯🔥

[@mediumsizedgrape]

James is back, gotta be a good one!

[@editbalazs349]

Amazingly well played game!

[@jeffersonthomas1269]

This guy does far better than Agad with his never played never would have been played detours. Canty stays on track. I do believe he is in the top 5 you tube chess men.

[@Tracy_AC]

Great game from Stockfish. This is the kind of game attack-heavy players fantasize about.

[@Zahrul3]

1. h3 was the only move I assume that was "in the book"; the rest is pure chess

[@AlayanT]

That's right, the forced opening line was only 1. h3. Which is not even optimal for white, so black's loss can't be blamed on the book.

[@horvathrenata968]

Love your style :)

[@happycat1435]

pls fix the bug, when i open a tab, it says game abandoned

[@adityasharma8330]

I have listened that stockfish is commanded to play h3, i have watched this game but watching again for Canty 😁

[@sebastianprummer6040]

Stockfish is my favourite engine

[@marshleighdyson5092]

james canty defeats leela with sum awesome commentary..this guy is sumthing special folks!!!

[@buffalodebill7986]

A nice game (as a Futurama fan I'd prefer a Leela win, though) and an excellent no-nonsense commentary. Thumbs up, James ;-)

[@Николай_Николаев]

What a game, i can't believe my eyes!)

[@1998XBOX]

Awesome!

[@michaell4527]

4:07 KB5!! Hilarious and awesome. Wasnt waiting for that. Kb5 tho

[@ME0WMERE]

you mean *nb5

[@WCfanboy]

@@ME0WMERE sometimes people use k for knight

[@minicrewmate941]

This is the first time I see a good move that was played by stockfish

[@dariogoricki4205]

what a beast i wish i could play like this

[@warrenginmartini]

1. h3 is called the Seriously Bro Opening.

[@cloudforest4087]

He makes chess engines super fun.

[@mumu2635]

This stockfish looked like having soul, he chose entertaining move:)

[@afifkhaja]

Ka2 made me crack up 😂

[@kirbyknifeman2877]

I feel better now cuz stockfish sacced on move 23 against me but so fast here

[@SquaredbyX]

In chess I think the statement is 'Only try this at home'

[@rabaromar4100]

Game 21 watched ❤

[@SilasDM]

Hey this some pretty good commentary :)

[@patelmanthan83]

One thing I notice commentator never say of this is a rapid game or LTC.. it makes difference.

[@TheHawk007]

The rhymes are awesome 😂🔥🔥

[@JamesCantyIII]

We got em! 🤣🔥💯

[@michaelberger3717]

i love when engines play thats so far away from what magnus can do. thats so crazy that has nothing to do with games of gm

[@davidhanley]

I think the stockfish designers used leela to tune the engine to be more aggressive. I'm happy to see swashbuckling chess again.

[@snappingbear]

Actually the ability to alter Stockfish's aggression has been a feature for a long time, it's called "contempt". It is generally not a good idea to change the default as making it more aggressive and contemptuous of its opponent leaves it more vulnerable to counter attacks.

[@davidhanley]

@@snappingbear I'm certainly aware of that, but stockfish is using attacking tuning it didn't have before. Contempt is more about avoiding draws, not having more awareness of how open lines to the king compensates for sacrificed material.

[@quag443]

Stockfish's evaluation now uses a fast, shallow neural network (NNUE) in combination with its old handcrafted evaluation. That's why it's playing more aggressively and makes sacrifices more often. NNUE was trained from Stockfish games - there was no tuning from Leela.

[@snappingbear]

@@davidhanley NO it IS not. If you were involved in its development or understood the code base and the neural networks developed for it you would know that.

[@1212_Bir]

Is it Stockfish_13 vs Lc0_v.0.27....???

[@pulkiteswar4496]

Most beautiful attacking masterpiece i've ever seen😍

[@gmnotyet]

Go lookup Nunn vs Nataf 1999. There is a YT video on it.

[@gmnotyet]

@@Corteum What is Alpha Subzero?

[@gmnotyet]

@@Corteum Why have I never heard of this engine before? Does any rating list show it as strong as SF 13??

[@gmnotyet]

@@Corteum ty

[@pulkiteswar4496]

@@gmnotyet sure. Thanks

[@purefanchess3160]

Link to pgn please

[@modolief]

Nice!!!

[@mittilasood3456]

The guy: Stockfish and leela chess zero Captions: Ah yes, He is clearly saying Stockfist and leela chest zero.

[@bgamercc6589]

Best chess commentator !

[@Etazoz]

Why does Leela play a6 at 3:26? It seems dangerous with opposite side castling.

[@goodlaugh1094]

Sometimes u have to use your opponents pieces as shields.

[@g1ld]

Exciting game, I'll give 1.h3 a try 😀

[@philkalus5720]

THanks again for excellent analysis of silicon life force !!

[@fritzz3733]

That’s not a move 🔥

[@ChessStuff64]

What was the time control? I've noticed LeelaChess (Lc0) on faster time controls does not play so strong. But obviously Stockfish is a beast no question asked. Their is now a LeelaChess version with NNUE technology (so all you guys don't have to buy expensive GPU to run) call LcFish . It was developed jointly with the Stockfish team.

[@greengoblin9567]

They used a supercomputer, so it would take a day on your computer. It was bullet

[@ChessStuff64]

@@greengoblin9567 No they don't use a super computer you idiot! You should google the definition of a super computer.

[@LateCloser]

THAT, is NOT a move Leela!

[@JamesCantyIII]

🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ariyanpine6160]

He is wearing chessbrah merch

[@DrCrazyPhenom]

I assume the reason Lc0 isnt taking the pawn is that they are playing with 6men tablebase. In that case capturing the pawn would immediately end the game.

[@AlayanT]

Your assumption is right.

[@enverhoxha2698]

Leela hoping for the stalemate trap

[@parsafakhar]

i actually found the knight move :O and yes i saw the aftermath :/

[@Chris-cs7nv]

Did stockfish play h3 or was it from opening book?

[@pawncube2050]

They were testing out how every opening in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings(ECO). There was lots of other crazy openings too

[@LazarosGaming]

James Canty the thirdddd

[@SuperStarTidus18]

Excellent video by him!

[@calebfudrums]

who is james canty the first tho

[@akujihannibal4841]

@@calebfudrums diversity quota

[@JamesCantyIII]

Yeahhhhh 🔥

[@LazarosGaming]

All love to the GOAT

[@Sooyush]

Who's JC I & II

[@azice6034]

Where can I find the pgn for this game?

[@AlayanT]

[Event "Eco Mega-Match 2 (part 1) (1|1)"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.04.16"] [White "Stockfish"] [Black "Lc0"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "125"] [TimeControl "60+1"] 1. h3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. Ne5 Qxd5 6. d4 exd3 7. Nxd3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Be3 Qf5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf3 Bd6 14. Nb5 axb5 15. axb5 Qxb5 16. Ra8+ Nb8 17. Ba7 c6 18. Nc5 Kc7 19. Be2 Qb4 20. c3 Qf4 21. g3 Qe5 22. Nxb7 Bxh3 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Bb6+ Kb7 25. Ra7+ Kc8 26. Re1 Rd7 27. Qa1 Rxa7 28. Qxa7 Ne4 29. Ba6+ Nxa6 30. Qxa6+ Kd7 31. Qb7+ Ke6 32. Bd4 Qd5 33. Qc8+ Ke7 34. Qxh3 Kd8 35. Bb6+ Bc7 36. Qxh7 Bxb6 37. Qxe4 Qxe4 38. Rxe4 Kd7 39. Rg4 g6 40. Kf1 Ke6 41. Ra4 Kd6 42. Ke2 Kd7 43. Rb4 Bc7 44. Rb7 Kc8 45. Rxc7+ Kxc7 46. Kf3 Kd6 47. Ke4 Kc5 48. Ke5 Kc4 49. f4 Kb3 50. Kf6 c5 51. Kxf7 c4 52. Kxg6 Ka2 53. f5 Kb3 54. f6 Kc2 55. f7 Kb3 56. Kf5 Kc2 57. Ke4 Kd2 58. f8=Q Kd1 59. Qf2 Kc1 60. Kd4 Kb1 61. Kxc4 Ka1 62. Kb3 Kb1 63. Qf1# 1-0

[@azice6034]

@@AlayanT thanks

[@mcgamescompany]

me: *starts with h3 or a3 * stockfish: THATS STRAIGHT UP A BLUNDER DUDE -2.3!!!!!!! also stockfish: *starts with h3 and wins *

[@greengoblin9567]

It is not -2.3 stockfish says that it is about equal

[@kylel3784]

Did the other guy get fired

[@moustafa_1994]

Do Engines follow opening books or they are allowed to be creative?

[@ym276]

Opening books

[@ribbonsofnight]

yes and yes. They start where you tell them and then they do what they choose

[@greengoblin9567]

@Bad_Script stockfish plays ruy lopez morphy defense, and leela plays the catalan. Both solid openings.

[@greengoblin9567]

@@ym276 The opening book was just h3

[@arnomanjonjo]

Leela Chess Zeeero!

[@bing-7508]

I sometimes wonder if there is an opening move that isn’t book

[@AngryNicoleWatterson]

Rook i1

[@aest882]

leela used bongcloud

[@1263sami]

WOW ❕❕

[@smily21115]

yo is this new

[@dennisdynaque7948]

h3 move is pre-arrangement by whatever the website canthy got it🙃 believe it or not itsna pre arrange move.

[@rakeshkulkarni3767]

Wowzzaa

[@Bwijaya2301]

Sheeesshhh

[@ivanimre8473]

Stockfish 13 ELO is 3867

[@Alkuf100]

9:35 why not Qh4+ and pick up the knight instead of this crazy pc line picking up only a pawn?

[@Alkuf100]

Ah I see, there was probably so many pieces on the board that stockfish couldnt count all the way to the tablebase position and see that its winning and made this non sense which, in computers eyes is the same outcome (win) but for me as a person seems as a dubious way of playing (making your task harder unnececarily)

[@shadowcj8820]

11:40 me, apparently

[@J215J]

Mate and we great 😎😎😎

[@Sooyush]

I thought it was Mate and we grate

[@JamesCantyIII]

You already know! 🔥🔥🔥

[@greengoblin9567]

@@Sooyush It's prounced the same

[@immortalchess1817]

Make your own channel . You Are GREAT!

[@infomatters.]

He has one

[@ME0WMERE]

Remember when humans used to beat computers?