GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (CheQ Mumba Masters) beat GM Viswanathan Anand (PBG Alaskan Knights) in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 (Preliminary Stage), in 66 moves.
The game turned on 57...Ra1. Before it, Stockfish had the position as a small edge for White (+0.40); one move later, winning for White (+3.76). It was played with 2:04 left on the clock.
Stockfish wanted 57...Kg7 instead. Can you see why? And 58.Kg5, the engine's best reply, came straight back.
It began as the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Reversed Albin Countergambit.
Replay it move by move, then take the key position on against the engine.
- White
- GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 2706 · CheQ Mumba Masters
- Black
- GM Viswanathan Anand, 2721 · PBG Alaskan Knights
- Result
- 1–0 in 66 moves
- Opening
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Reversed Albin Countergambit · D00
- Event
- Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026, Preliminary Stage · Bengaluru, India
- Key move: {0}
- 57...Ra1
- Engine’s choice
- 57...Kg7