I thoroughly recommend playing through this game.
The R40 plays a sharp Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and takes the advantage almost straight away after the Aegeon book ends. However the position is complicated and neither machine really understands what is going on. The R40 finally makes one too many errors and the Amsterdam looks like winning outright. However the Amsterdam also makes an error which allows the R40 to force a draw.
[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.01.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tasc R40 2.5 Aegeon"]
[Black "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "146"]
{[%evp 9,146,-58,-79,-89,28,8,153,146,157,129,129,140,137,104,101,103,122,111,126,90,119,27,44,33,167,161,184,129,204,200,204,155,240,246,333,190,248,214,218,175,158,147,145,145,129,122,146,58,57,-305,-301,-305,-258,-262,-56,-60,-61,-67,-61,-66,-10,-9,-9,-102,-84,-76,-10,-13,-9,-12,-13,-34,-18,-19,-17,-28,-32,-29,-26,-31,-8,-10,-8,-15,-13,-20,-2,-10,-11,-10,-11,-21,-12,-15,-11,-14,0,0,0,-3,-3,-2,0,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 {[%cal Bd7d5,Bd5e4][%mdl 32]} 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bf5 5. g4 {Amsterdam out of book.} Bg6 6. h4 {[%cal Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} exf3 {R40 out of book.} 7. Qxf3 c6 (7... Bxc2 $2 8. Qxb7 Nbd7 9. Qg2 $18) (7... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 8. Bb5 Qd6 $11) 8. h5 {White is clearly better.} Bxc2 {[#] Threatens to win with ...h6.} 9. Qe2 Qxd4 10. Qxc2 Qxg4 11. Be3 e6 12. Be2 {[%mdl 1024] White has strong compensation.} Qg3+ 13. Bf2 Qg2 14. Rh4 {[%cal Oc3b5] Nb5! is the strong threat.} Nbd7 15. Bf1 Qg5 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. O-O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is in control.} Bc5 18. h6 g6 19. Ra4 Qb6 20. Bg3 Be3+ 21. Kb1 Bxh6 {The Amsterdam has itself 2.00 up! While the R40 says White is up 0.44. It is always fun when both machines feel they have the advantage!} 22. Bd6 Nd5 23. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Ra3.} Bg7 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. Nd6+ Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Ne3 27. Qc3 O-O-O 28. Re1 Nxf1 29. Rxf1 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Rc4 $14 {stays ahead.}) 29... Qb5 $1 $19 {[%csl LRa4,LRf1]} 30. Qc4 (30. Rc4 Nb6 31. Nd2 {[#]} Rxd6 $1) 30... Qf5+ 31. Qe4 ({Of course not} 31. Ka1 Nb6 32. Qc1 Rxd6 $19) 31... Qxe4+ (31... Nb6 $19 32. Qxf5 exf5) 32. Rxe4 $15 Nf6 {[%csl LRd6,LRe4]} 33. Ree1 Rxd6 34. Ne5 {Against Ng4} Ne4 35. Rxe4 f5 36. Nc4 (36. Rh4 $5 {[%cal Re5f7]}) 36... Rdd8 ({Reject} 36... fxe4 $6 37. Nxd6+ Kc7 38. Nxe4 $15) 37. Rxe6 Rd7 (37... Kd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7e6]} 38. Re3 Rde8 $15) 38. Ne5 Rg7 39. Kc2 Rd8 40. Rg1 Kc7 41. Kc3 Rd5 42. Rf1 Rc5+ 43. Kb3 Rb5+ 44. Kc3 Rd5 45. Re8 {The position is equal.} Rc5+ 46. Kb3 Rb5+ 47. Kc3 a6 48. Nc4 Rd5 49. Ne5 Rc5+ 50. Kd3 Ra5 51. a3 Rb5 52. b4 a5 53. Kc3 Rd5 54. bxa5 Rxa5 55. Kb4 Rb5+ 56. Kc3 Rd5 57. a4 h5 58. Rh1 Kd6 59. Nc4+ Kd7 60. Re2 {aiming for Nb6+.} Kc7 {Prevents Nb6.} 61. Re6 Rdd7 62. Ne5 Rd6 63. Re8 Rf6 64. Kd3 b6 65. a5 {And now a6 would win.} b5 66. Kc3 f4 67. Nd3 {Hoping for Nc5.} f3 68. Nc5 {Black must now prevent Ne6+.} Rgf7 69. Rd1 f2 70. Na6+ Kb7 71. Nc5+ Kc7 $1 72. Na6+ Kb7 73. Nc5+ Kc7 $1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.25 (precise) /Black=0.29 (precise)} 1/2-1/2
This puts the Amsterdam in joint second place with the London 68030 and six games left to play. Can nothing stop the Amsterdam Phoenix SE from taking top place?