Reckless Shocks Stockfish with a Promotion Sacrifice! | TCEC S29 Game 1

Reckless shocks Stockfish in a spectacular TCEC Superfinal battle! The decisive attack begins with 73.Qxd6! and leads to the incredible promotion sacrifice 82.e8=Q! After 82...Rxe8 83.Rxe8, Stockfish can no longer escape the mating net. Reckless finishes the game with 84.Rh8#. Can one of the strongest chess engines in history survive this attack? Watch the full battle move by move! ♟ GAME DETAILS • Event: TCEC Season 29 – Superfinal • Game: 1 — Round 1.1 • White: Reckless 0.10.0-dev-b5462f11 • Black: Stockfish dev-20260318-d173a065 • Elo: 3763–3807 • Result: 1–0 • Opening: Robatsch (Modern) Defence • ECO: B06 • Time control: 120 minutes + 12 seconds per move • Duration: 4 hours, 24 minutes and 18 seconds • Final move: 84.Rh8# 🔥 DECISIVE SEQUENCE 73.Qxd6 Nxe6 74.Qxe5+ Kh7 75.dxe6 Qe8 76.Bf4 Rg7 77.Qf6 c4 78.Rb8 Qe7 79.Qxe7 Rxe7 80.Be5 Rg7 81.e7 Rg8 82.e8=Q! Rxe8 83.Rxe8 c3 84.Rh8# Official game source: https://tcec-chess.com/#div=sf&game=1... Official PGN: https://tcec-chess.com/archive/json/T... This video features an original animation and graphical presentation of the game. Chess Engine Arena is an independent channel and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by TCEC or the engine developers. Music: “Engine of Kings” – used as part of the original Chess Engine Arena video production. (If the music is not your own, replace this line with the exact license/credit required by the music provider.) #Stockfish #LCZero #TCEC #ChessEngines #Chess #RookSacrifice #ChessTactics #EngineChess #ChessEngineArena