GM Li Min Peng (2568) beat GM Ivan Salgado Lopez (2591) in 37 moves in the Ladder Legends classical game on Lichess, with 22:50 on the clock against 1:48.
The last two moves decided it. With 1:48 left, Salgado Lopez pushed 37.e5. Stockfish wanted 37.Be2: it already counted Black clearly better (−1.79), and after the pawn push it counted a win (−3.40). Peng took on e5 with the rook, the engine's first choice, and the result went down 0–1.
The clock had been running down for a while. Salgado Lopez went under eight minutes at move 28 and under two at move 32. Peng never had less than 21 minutes.
Stop the replay before 37.e5, give yourself 1:48, and find 37.Be2. Then play the position on against the engine.
- White
- GM Ivan Salgado Lopez, 2591
- Black
- GM Li Min Peng, 2568
- Result
- 0–1 in 37 moves
- Opening
- English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined · A14
- Event
- Ladder Legends by Lichess, GM Salgado López vs GM Peng · lichess.org
- Key move: {0}
- 37.e5
- Engine’s choice
- 37.Be2