His average CAPS score over the last year? Currently sitting at 88.76, according to his Insights. To put it in perspective, let's look at Carlsen, the Nordic half-man-half-GOAT chess god. The closer to 100, the more precise you were. It's a measure of how close you were to playing a game like Stockfish, the strongest chess engine today. Congratulations, you suck!' -Game Review.įor those who don't know, that little number you get after you review a game is called the CAPS score.

In a matter of seconds, I get a detailed, move-by-move report that proves, without a shadow of a doubt, that I'm an idiot. Proud of myself, I hit the Game Review button. Let me just start by saying that engines can be brutal.Įvery now and then, I win a great game, one that I think there's no way could be improved. So, before you decide whether to take the blue or the red pill, keep on reading and enjoy these five engine-approved games curated by my colleague NM Jeremy Kane and me-all annotated by a shocked Leitao.īut first, let me explain what I mean by 'perfect games.' What Exactly Is A 'Perfect Game'? At this point, I guess the only question remaining is if they'd rather have us call them ' Magnus Carlsen' and ' Hikaru Nakamura' or simply Agent Smith.

What you're about to see is probably the strongest evidence that we are, in fact, living in the Matrix. This is a person who spent his entire life studying the games of masters, reading books, and playing hundreds of thousands of games himself-he was still surprised when I showed him these five games that are literally as precise as they could be.Ĭheck out this great video from FM James Canty III: Now, you need to have seen a lot of chess to become a seven-time Brazilian champion like Leitao. That was the response I got from my friend and coworker, GM Rafael Leitao, when I asked him to help me with this article about five perfect chess games played by humans.

Bluefish versus stockfish chess