Me and 31 other people just watched a very interesting chess game. Both opponents had 8 minutes to finish the game which is more than enough time for these chess masters.
Stockfish shows that Black was winning but despite the odds, the White pieces won.
White pieces: hamidhajjar0. He lives at Qaz, Iran, population: 377, in 126 families. His rating is 2502.
Black pieces: ali-sh. I don't know where he lives. His rating is 2392.
The rating changes after every game.
Both of these people could defeat me with their eyes closed. My rating is 2026 but I belong in the 1900s.
Starting very early in the game White was getting killed, he lost his queen, he wasn't able to castle his king, but he found some fantastic moves to save his king and then win. While watching the game I tried to predict their moves but almost always I was wrong.
Here is the game. I recommend watching it. https://lichess.org/cTCTugOg/white#0
Not that anyone cares but my lichess.org profile is at My Lichess profile.
An interesting fact: Today I noticed https://lichess.org/ had about 60,000 people playing about 30,000 games at the same time, from virtually every country in the world. This was during their most busy time.
https://lichess.org/ is a fantastic place and it's totally free with zero ads. A small minority of the chess players help pay for the bills. I give them 5 dollars a month. They charge my credit card so I don't have to do anything. Most people play for free and they get the same thing I get. Lichess.org is not only the best chess website, but it's also the best website in the world. Everything about it is beautiful.
It was created by one person who lives in France. Wikipedia: Lichess was founded by French programmer Thibault Duplessis. Thibault and other programmers continue to improve lichess. They keep inventing stuff we didn't know we need.
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