After 90 games Stockfish leads 33-19 with 38 draws. Leela won a game pair after 12 pairs with no wins and 3 losses. However Stockfish won three pairs in a row and extended its lead to +14 with 5 pairs remaining.
Games 81-82 started with a rare sideline in the Pirc defense. In game 81 the engines exchanged pawns and a pair of bishops in the center, then exchanged queens. Evals increased slowly, the engines formed pawns lines and exchanged a pair of knights, creating a passer for Leela. Stockfish captured a pawn and created doubled passers in the center. Leela reduced to a RRB vs RRN position, regained the pawn and created a passer on the queen side.
Leela moved a rook forward and protected the a passer with the bishop. It captured two pawns and pushed the a passer forward. Stockfish started to lose material, Leela queened and mated.
In game 82 there was one pawn exchange in the center, the engines played behind their pawn lines. On move 25 the engines started to play out a long PV agreement, there were many piece and pawn exchanges and evals came down. The game reached a QB vs RRB position, both engines with two pawns which are connected passers. Stockfish pushed the passers and Leela lost the bishop to capture them. Leela wouldn't lower its eval, after a long shuffle the engines reduced to a 6-man position and the game was adjudicated a few moves later. Leela wins the game pair, Stockfish leads by 29-18.
Games 83-84 started with a rare sideline in the King's Gambit declined, Falkbeer countergambit. White started with a pawn up. In game 83 the black queen moved forward on the king side. Stockfish regained the pawn, Leela gave a rook for a knight and created a passer in the center. Stockfish captured the passer and exchanged queens, the exchanges continued and the game reached a RB vs RR position on move 29, white a pawn up.
Evals stayed stable for a while, on move 38 the engines traded pawns on the king side and each created a passer there. Stockfish's (negative) eval started to increase though the engines seemed to shuffle and Stockfish's clock was under one minute. After a pawn exchange on the queen side Stockfish managed to push its passer safely to the 4th rank. Leela's (negative) eval remained below 1.
Leela's eval started to react, the black king circled around the f passer until it got to h4. Leela preferred to exchange rooks and keep its passer. Both engines pushed their passers, Leela lost its bishop and both engines queened. Leela delayed with checks as long as it could, Stockfish forced a queen exchange and mated.
In game 84 the engines repeated the reverse game for 64 plys (!!), with the same RB vs RR position on move 29 and the same pawn trade on the king side, though Leela let Stockfish take first and Stockfish took with the bishop and not the rook. Leela had the same problem of moving its king forward to support the f passer. Stockfish didn't wait and pushed its h passer forward, after a pawn exchange on the queen side Leela captured the white passer. Leela's (negative) eval increased when it decided to push the a pawn on move 66.
Stockfish tried to avoid the exchange and pushed the b pawn, but a few moves later the engines traded the pawns anyway. Leela played the 8-man position very slowly, with checks and pins while Stockfish avoids exchanges. After move 110 Leela managed to push the passer, Stockfish captured a rook but couldn't stop the queening followed by mate. There were two black wins in this game pair, Stockfish leads 30-19.
Games 85-86 started with a rare sideline in the KID normal variation. The center was blocked, all pieces were on the board and the c file was open. In game 85 Leela pushed pawns on the queen side, Stockfish pushed a pawn on the king side and opened the f file. The white king was stuck in the center, after exchanging queens Leela moved the queen to the king side and Stockfish doubled rooks on the f file. Evals came down and in a series of exchanges the engines traded a bishop and a knight for a rook and pawns. There was a long shuffle and the engines reduced to a RB vs BBN position. Stockfish captured pawns and allowed Leela to push a passer, then gave a bishop for the passer. The game was adjudicated in a RB vs BN ending when evals were low enough.
In game 86 Stockfish castled its king, then pushed pawns on the queen side. Leela captured a pawn and created a passer on the queen side, but evals increased steadily. Stockfish blocked the black passer, in a series of exchanges on the king side the engines traded a rook for a bishop and knight, and the g file opened.
Stockfish captured a pawn and the d pawn became a passer. In a series of exchanges the engines equalized material and reduced to a QBN vs QBN position. After exchanging queens Leela pushed its passer while Stockfish captured a blocking knight. Both engines queened, Leela tried to delay but it lost material and was mated. Stockfish wins the game pair, it leads 31-19.
Games 87-88 started with a rare sidelline in the Sicilian, Scheveningen variation. In game 87 the engines developed their pieces, then exchanged a few minor pieces and evals came down. Stockfish moved a rook forward in the center and invited an exchange with a minor piece but Leela refused. After exchanging a pair of rooks Stockfish forced a rook for bishop exchange, the game reached a RN vs BN position. After some shuffling the knights were exchanged, Leela's eval was low enough and the game was adjudicated.
In game 88 the engines repeated the reverse game for 17 plys up to transpositions. The engines mostly shuffled for a while, on move 30 a pawn trade opened the e file and created a white passer in the center. The engines played out a long PV agreement with many exchanges, Leela's eval drifted down. Stockfish started with giving a rook for a bishop, Leela captured the passer and then gave the material back. In a QRB vs QRN position Leela gave the queen for the rook and bishop.
Leela's eval was low for a long time, Stockfish pushed the c pawn to c5 and started to shuffle. On move 70 Leela's eval started to react, Stockfish moved the king forward on the king side, Leela captured the c passer and Stockfish captured a pawn on the king side. Stockfish pushed the h pawn and by move 91 it managed to capture the remaining black pawns on the king side.
Stockfish saw the win in its PV but it was still a long way. It took 20 moves to start pushing the g passer forward, eventually Stockfish gave the queen for the knight and queened. It took another 25 moves to win the 6-man Q vs R ending. Stockfish wins the game pair, it leads 32-19.
Games 89-90 started with a sideline in the Owen defense. In game 89 the engines exchanged pawns and minor pieces, Stockfish pushed a pawn on the queen side and opened the b file. Leela captured a pawn and created a passer on the queen side, Stockfish's eval came down. Stockfish regained the pawn, the engines reduced to a QB vs QB position. After a long shuffle Stockfish captured a pawn on the king side, the queens were exchanged and the game was adjudicated after Leela's eval came down.
In game 90 the engines exchanged pawns and minor pieces, Leela did not open a file on the queen side and it kept its king in the center. Evals increased slowly, the engines exchanged queens and Leela created a passer in the center. The game reached a RRB vs RRB position on move 31.
Stockfish exchanged a pair of rooks and captured the black passer. The engines exchanged pawns on the king side and Stockfish created a passer there. Stockfish kept the black king away from the king side while its king moved forward. After some shuffling Stockfish pushed the a pawn forward, on move 81 it managed to capture the black h pawn with its king and connected a second passer.
Stockfish gave back a passer but then threatened mate on the h file. Leela lost material, Stockfish queened and mated. Stockfish wins the game pair, it leads 33-19.