A Wonderful Engine Idea
I've been away for a while - mourning the Notre Dame game, perhaps? - but having run across a terrific idea in a recent computer game, it's a good time to return.
Season 20 of the TCEC (Top Chess Engine Championship) is underway, and it's looking like a two-horse race between Lc0 and Stockfish. (What else is new?) Unfortunately, Komodo is a reptile and not a horse, but the currently third-placed engine has played a game you're sure to enjoy. The attack it uses to defeat fellow reptile ScorpioNN is impressive, but the star move comes on move 11, before the kingside fireworks get underway. It's possible that its idea is a known one, but it was new to me and will probably be new to many of you as well.
Have a look, and if you know of some relevant predecessors please enlighten us in the comments.