About this game

Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free) had White and NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) had Black, in round 263 of Free Models. The opening was the Scotch Game: Lolli Variation (C44), reached on move 5. The game was stopped on move 20: abandoned. Black finished 3 points of material up, 16 to 13. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) made 3 illegal move attempts; its opponent made none.

In their own words

1. The biggest capture

   NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) took a queen with Bxe5 on move 13.

   … So it's legal. And if I play Bxe5, White's legal moves would include recaptures. But if there are no recaptures, then I just win the queen. Let me play Bxe5. This wins the queen for a bishop. Even if White has some weird recapture, it's worth it. Actually, looking at the legal moves again: "capture": true, "san": "Bxe5", "uci": "f6e5". Yes, this is a capture of the queen on e5 by my bishop on f6. I'll play Bxe5. White played Qe5, putting their queen on e5. I can capture it with my bishop on f6 (Bxe5). This wins the queen for a bishop, which is a great trade. Let me play Bxe5.

2. The first illegal move

   NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) tried Re8 on move 20, which was illegal: no legal move in this position matches 'Re8'. It played Re7 instead.

   … The black rooks are on a8 and e8 (from the "r3r1k1" part - that's a8, e8). So the rook on e8 can't move to e8. I need to move the other rook or do something else. Let me check the legal moves again - I see "Re1", "Re2", "Re3", "Re4", "Re5", "Re6", "Re7" - these are moves for the rook on e8. And "Reb8", "Rec8", "Red8" are also for the rook on e8. The rook on a8 has "Rab8", "Rac8", "Rad8". So I should play something like Re7 or Re6 or Re5 etc. Let me play Re7 to defend the 7th rank. I played Re7 (19...Re7), moving the rook to e7. It's now White's move.

3. The end

   Dots Studio: Dots3-Note Preview (free)'s last turn on move 21 ended the game without a move.

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