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Fischer-Gadia ruined by Stockfish

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One of my favorite examples ruined by Stockfish.

White to Play: Fischer-Gadia
White to play.
See the game here.

I'm quite shocked that Fischer's instructive sequence of moves is considered inaccurate by Stockfish. After looking at it briefly, I said "I would still play what Fischer played." But after looking through some variations (with engine assistance) I don't know anymore... Black can defend.

The "BEST" line leads to a +2.00 advantage, and it looks like a very tough grind. Not nearly as satisfying to play as the type of position that Fischer achieved.

Older engines approve of Fischer's play (you can see the evaluations given in the game link — they were created by an older Stockfish. Also you can manually analyze the game changing the engine from Stockfish 14 to Stockfish 11. You will notice that Stockfish 11 agrees with Fischer, while Stockfish 14 disagrees).

Anyway, thanks for ruining one of my favorite lessons, Stockfish.

At some point I will create an engine vs. engine tournament to have these engines play Fischer's moves, and then run the same tournament with the unsatisfying Stockfish 14 solution.