Stockfish 16 Invented a Brand New Chess Opening to Defeat the World's 2nd Chess AI
What this video shows
Stockfish 16 meets the world's second strongest chess AI and picks a fresh opening setup instead of a well-known main line.
The video goes from the opening plan to a piece sacrifice at about the two-minute mark, then shows the middlegame pressure, the deciding exchange and the final endgame.
To see why engines play such unusual first moves, read chess opening principles and how Stockfish works. Then play Stockfish 19 online.
