Insane move by Benjamin

Position is from a game between Benjamin and Jonny 4.00

White to Move, Move 37

Benjamin plays a very tactical move with lots of complications for us humans to work out.

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[Event "60 Minutes/Game"]
[Site "Engine Match"]
[Date "2021.12.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin 1.1"]
[Black "Jonny 4.00"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 {book 0s} e6 {book 0s} 2. d4 {book 0s} d5 {book 0s}
3. Nd2 {book 0s} Nf6 {book 0s} 4. e5 {book 0s} Nfd7 {book
0s} 5. c3 {book 0s} c5 {book 0s} 6. Ngf3 {book 0s} Nc6
{book 0s} 7. Bd3 {book 0s} f5 {book 0s} 8. exf6 {book 0s}
Nxf6 {book 0s} 9. O-O {0.00/1 0s} cxd4 {book 0s} 10. cxd4
{0.00/1 0s} Bd6 {book 0s} 11. Nb3 {book 0s} O-O {0.00/21
1:57m} 12. Bg5 {book 0s (Re1)} Qe8 {0.00/22 3:06m} 13. Re1
{+0.27/18 1:10m} Bd7 {+0.08/21 1:53m (Nb4)} 14. a3
{+0.30/18 1:02m (Rc1)} Qh5 {0.00/20 59s (a5)} 15. h3
{+0.05/19 1:28m (Bd2)} e5 {-0.36/19 51s (Rac8)} 16. dxe5
{0.00/20 58s} Nxe5 {-0.13/21 0s} 17. Nxe5 {0.00/17 17s}
Qxg5 {-0.01/21 1:02m} 18. Nxd7 {+0.16/19 5s} Nxd7 {+0.05/20
48s} 19. Nd4 {+0.02/18 19s} Qf4 {-0.13/20 2:19m (Rf6)}
20. Nf3 {+0.26/19 49s} Rac8 {+0.10/20 1:16m} 21. Qb3
{+0.30/19 8s (Qe2)} Nb6 {0.00/21 2:32m} 22. Rad1 {+0.17/21
0s (Re3)} Kh8 {0.00/19 58s (Rf7)} 23. Bc2 {+0.52/19 1:11m
(Kf1)} g6 {+0.18/19 53s} 24. Re2 {+0.59/18 7s} Rf7
{+0.13/19 39s (Bc5)} 25. Rde1 {+0.42/18 1:11m (Qd3)} Rcc7
{+0.10/20 1:16m} 26. Re6 {+0.29/19 0s (Qd3)} Rf6 {0.00/21
1:46m} 27. Re8+ {+0.30/20 0s} Rf8 {0.00/21 25s} 28. R8e3
{+0.28/18 36s (R8e2)} Rff7 {0.00/21 2:13m} 29. Bd3
{+0.25/21 0s (Re6)} Kg7 {0.00/19 48s} 30. Bb5 {+0.41/18 7s}
Rfe7 {-0.01/20 1:07m} 31. Rxe7+ {+0.30/20 0s} Bxe7 {0.00/21
20s (Rxe7)} 32. g3 {+0.34/20 55s} Qf6 {0.00/23 0s} 33. Ne5
{+0.10/19 42s (Kg2)} Bd6 {-0.09/21 1:28m (h5)} 34. Ng4
{+0.04/19 44s (Nf3)} Qd4 {-0.01/19 36s} 35. Re6 {+0.45/19
37s (Rd1)} Bf8 {-0.35/17 31s (Nc4)} 36. Be8 {+0.58/18 1:10m
(Re8)} Nc4 {-0.37/18 56s (Rc1+)} 37. Bxg6 {+1.23/18 39s
(Kg2)} Nxb2 {+0.23/18 1:02m (Nd2)} 38. Nf6 {+1.11/18 55s
(Bh5)} Re7 {+1.13/17 54s (Kh8)} 39. Ne8+ {+1.30/20 56s} Kg8
{+0.73/21 9:54m (Kh8)} 40. Rxe7 {+1.70/20 52s} Bxe7
{+0.50/20 0s} 41. Bc2 {+1.44/20 51s} Nc4 {+0.63/19 0s (b6)}
42. Qxb7 {+1.46/19 41s} Nd2 {+0.60/19 0s} 43. Bxh7+
{+1.98/19 34s} Kh8 {+0.66/20 0s} 44. Bf5 {+1.62/21 1:06m
(Kg2)} Qa1+ {0.00/17 13s} 45. Kh2 {+1.80/21 32s} Nf3+
{0.00/20 0s} 46. Kg2 {+1.15/17 0s} Ne1+ {0.00/20 11s}
47. Kh1 {0.00/22 45s (Kf1)} Nd3+ {0.00/21 23s} 48. Kh2
{0.00/24 33s} Qd4 {0.00/22 0s} 49. Bxd3 {0.00/24 40s} Qxf2+
{0.00/24 0s} 50. Kh1 {0.00/22 0s} Qf3+ {0.00/24 43s}
51. Kh2 {0.00/29 0s} Qf2+ {0.00/27 1:30m} 52. Kh1 {0.00/7
0s} Qf3+ {0.00/27 1:36m} 53. Kh2 {0.00/7 0s} Qf2+ {0.00/28
2:41m (Bc5)} 1/2-1/2
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Followed by 38.Nf6 and 39.Ne8

Insane.

It's those kind of moves the human mind cracks and makes mistakes.

Admin wrote:

Followed by 38.Nf6 and 39.Ne8

Insane.

It's those kind of moves the human mind cracks and makes mistakes.

I know right, a lot of complicated tactics with some hard to spot follow ups until you see them and then go ahh, it all makes sense now.


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