30 Etappen sind bereits abgeschlossen, es stehen nur noch 8 aus.
Jeder der drei Top-3-Teilnehmer hat eines seiner letzten sechs Spiele gewonnen. Hier ist das Spiel zwischen Ape X und Wasp:
[Event "The Second Three Second Blitz Emperors of the Galaxy Tournament"]
[Site "HOME-PC"]
[Date "2026.02.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wasp 7.14"]
[Black "Ape X {Human}"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "15:31:21"]
[Variation "Nimzowitsch, 3.e5 Nd5"]
[WhiteElo "3531"]
[TimeControl "0+3"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[WhiteType "human"]
[BlackType "human"]
1. e4 {- User Adjudication} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2
{+0.68/17 3} Nc6 6. exd6 {+0.60/18 3} e5 7. Nxe5 {+0.65/19 3} Nxe5 8. Bxd5
{+0.57/19 3} Bg4 9. f3 {+0.70/20 3} Bh3 10. Kf2 {+0.55/18 3} Qxd6 11. Nc3
{+0.81/19 3} Qf6 12. Bxb7 {+0.41/19 3} Rb8 13. Be4 {+0.15/19 3} c4 14. Nd5
{+0.23/19 3} Bc5+ 15. d4 {+0.16/20 3} cxd3+ 16. Ke1 {+0.11/19 3} Qc6 17.
Nf4 {+0.04/18 3} Qc8 18. g4 {-0.15/18 3} Qd8 19. cxd3 {-0.50/17 3} Qh4+ 20.
Kd2 {-0.43/19 3} O-O 21. Kc2 {-0.52/19 3} Bd4 22. Nxh3 {-0.93/18 3} Qxh3
23. Qf1 {-0.94/20 3} Rfc8+ 24. Kd1 {-1.63/20 3} Qh4 25. Qe2 {-1.49/20 3}
Qf6 26. h4 {-1.67/18 3} Qa6 27. Rh2 {-1.79/18 3} Nd7 28. Ke1 {-2.44/18 3}
Nc5 29. Qd1 {-2.60/19 3} Re8 30. Re2 {-3.13/18 3} Qd6 31. f4 {-3.32/19 3}
Qd8 32. g5 {-3.94/19 3} Qd7 33. Be3 {-3.90/18 3} Nxe4 34. dxe4 {-4.28/20 3}
Rxe4 35. Qd3 {-4.12/20 3} Rbe8 36. Rd1 {-4.38/20 3} h6 37. Qxd4 {-4.39/19
3} Rxd4 38. Rxd4 {-4.81/20 3} Qh3 39. Bf2 {-4.54/20 3} Rc8 40. Red2
{-4.59/17 3} Qh1+ 41. Ke2 {-4.46/20 3} Re8+ 42. Kd3 {-4.35/20 3} Qb1+ 43.
Kc3 {-4.80/20 3} Qxa2 44. gxh6 {-4.83/19 3} Rc8+ 45. Kd3 {-4.94/20 3} gxh6
46. Re4 {-4.95/18 3} Qb1+ 47. Ke3 {-4.91/19 3} Rb8 48. Re5 {-5.42/17 3} a5
49. Kf3 {-6.09/17 3} Rxb2 50. Rxb2 {-6.61/19 3} Qxb2 51. Re2 {-7.49/19 3}
Qb5 52. Re5 {-7.66/20 3} Qc6+ 53. Kg3 {-8.19/20 3} Qg6+ 54. Kh3 {-7.96/20
3} Qc2 55. Kg3 {-8.61/20 3} a4 56. Re3 {-8.74/21 3} Qg6+ 57. Kf3 {-9.04/21
3} h5 58. Ke2 {-9.43/20 3} Qc2+ 59. Kf3 {-9.74/21 3} f6 60. Kg3 {-8.31/21
3} Kf7 61. Ra3 {-10.25/22 3} Qg6+ 62. Kh2 {-10.80/22 3} Qe4 63. Kg3
{-11.29/21 3} Qb4 64. Re3 {-11.80/23 3} a3 65. Be1 {-12.50/23 3 White
resigns} Qc5 66. Kf2 {-12.97/23 3 White resigns} Kg6 67. Bd2 {-12.77/20 3
White resigns} a2 68. Bc3 {-14.80/23 3 White resigns} Kf5 69. Kf3
{-14.96/23 3 White resigns} Qd5+ 70. Ke2 {-14.96/23 3 White resigns} Kxf4
71. Rd3 {-16.21/23 3 White resigns} Qg2+ 72. Kd1 {-17.74/22 3 White
resigns} f5 73. Bf6 {-16.21/19 3 White resigns} Kg4 74. Rd8 {-17.00/17 3
White resigns} Qf1+ 75. Kc2 {-19.08/20 3 White resigns} Qe2+ 76. Kc1
{-19.44/21 3 White resigns} f4 77. Bh8 {-19.01/16 3 White resigns} f3 78.
Rd4+ {-21.28/17 3 White resigns} Kh3 79. Rd1 {-24.99/19 3 White resigns} f2
80. Rh1+ {-27.85/18 3 White resigns} Kg2 81. Rd1 {-26.62/20 3 White
resigns} f1=Q 82. Rxf1 {-23.32/21 3 White resigns} Kxf1 83. Bc3 {-M9/20 2
White resigns} Kg2 84. Bg7 {-M10/19 1 White resigns} Kf3 85. Bh8 {-M4/12
White resigns} Ke3 86. Bd4+ {-M3/5 White resigns} Kd3 87. Ba1 {-M2/3 White
resigns} Qc2# 0-1
Stockfish 18 liegt zu weit zurück, um noch eine Chance auf den ersten Platz zu haben. Es müsste in den letzten 8 Etappen 3 Spiele mehr gewinnen als die beiden Erstplatzierten, um gleichzuziehen.
Gruss
Nick