Silicon Road: When they were young! Stockfish's immortal Ra2!! (which almost no one remembered!)

This video is in our "When they were young" series! TCEC chat nestor DragonMist (a former World Correspondence Champion) mentioned that Ra2 was Stockfish's signature move due to a fantastic game that it had played many years ago. Many people in the chat agreed, but couldn't remember the game! However thanks to DragonMist's memories of the structure we managed to find it and it is a great attacking game from a very young Fish! Check out https://matthewsadler.me.uk/ for more analysis of the game and https://tcec-chess.com/#game=54&seaso... for all the computer lines and evaluations! I’m grandmaster Matthew Sadler, a 2-times British Champion, and ranked in the world’s top 50 for many years. I’m also a prolific author. My latest book - The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement – which came out in October 2021 is, just like this channel, all about learning from and training with engines. My previous book, the award-winning Game Changer – written together with Natasha Regan – brought the amazing chess games of DeepMind’s AlphaZero to the world. The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement is available from here: https://www.newinchess.com/engine-tra... (Paperback English edition) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/905... (Paperback and Kindle) https://forwardchess.com/product/the-... (Digital) "Game Changer" came out on 20th January 2019 and won the prestigious ECF Book of the Year and FIDE Book of the Year prizes for 2019! The Game Changer chess book is available in print and digital versions from these links: http://newinchess.com/game-changer (Paperback English edition) https://forwardchess.com/product/game... (Digital) https://www.chessable.com/game-change... (Digital) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/905... (Paperback and Kindle) https://www.amazon.de/Zeitenwende-Sch... (Hardback German edition) Silicon Road: When they were young! Stockfish's immortal Ra2!! (which almost no one remembered!) #siliconroad #matthewsadler #tcec