In this second blog about the wonderful Stockfish-Torch game, we take a look at an amazing alternative on move 26! 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 a5 10. dxc5 a4 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O-O…

As I’m sure you all know, I’m constantly running engine matches on my cloud machines on all manner of chess topics. Occasionally, I come across a game of which I understand so little that it shocks me! This was the case with this Stockfish-Torch 15”+5’ game played about a week ago. 1. e4 e6 2….