1ms Per Move. Can Stockfish Still Compete? ❄️

Stockfish is only allowed to think for one millisecond per move against the holiday-themed chess bots on chess.com. Is stockfish still able to win despite such an extreme time restriction?

Chapters:
0:00-1:18 1. Leftover Turkey (325)
1:19-2:27 2. Ghost of Games Past (775)
2:28-3:41 3. Frosty (1350)
3:42-4:48 4. Abominable Chessman (1825)
4:49-7:00 5. Cabana Santa (2840)

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MUSIC INFO:
Blitzkrieg
Trapped Under Ice

by Metallica https://www.metallica.com/

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SPOILER - GAME PGNs:

[Event "Stockfish 1ms / move vs Holiday Bots 12/25"]
[Site "https://www.chess.com/game/computer/4..."]
[Date "Dec 25, 2025"]
[White "Stockfish 17.1 NNUE (1ms / move)"]
[Black "Leftover-Turkey-BOT"]
[WhiteElo "3890"]
[BlackElo "325"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Qb6 4. d4 e5 5. dxe5 Qd6 6. exd6 a5 7. Be3 Ra7 8. Qd2 Bxd6 9. Qxd6 Na6 10. Qe5+ Kd8 11. Qxg7 f6 12. Qf8+ Kc7 13. Bf4+ Kb6 14. Qd6# 1-0


[Event "Stockfish 1ms / move vs Holiday Bots 12/25"]
[Site "https://www.chess.com/game/computer/4..."]
[Date "Dec 25, 2025"]
[White "Stockfish 17.1 NNUE (1ms / move)"]
[Black "Holiday-Ghost-BOT"]
[WhiteElo "3890"]
[BlackElo "775"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 c5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bxc2 8. Qc5 f6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxc6+ Kf7 11. e6+ Kg6 12. h5+ Kf5 13. g4+ Kxg4 14. Nxd5 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qd8 16. Ne3+ Kg5 17. Nf3+ Kh6 18. Ng4# 1-0


[Event "Stockfish 1ms / move vs Holiday Bots 12/25"]
[Site "https://www.chess.com/game/computer/4..."]
[Date "Dec 25, 2025"]
[White "Stockfish 17.1 NNUE (1ms / move)"]
[Black "Frosty-BOT"]
[WhiteElo "3890"]
[BlackElo "1350"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 Nf6 6. Nxg7+ Kf8 7. Bh6 Ne5 8. Ne6+ Ke7 9. Nxd8 Nxe4 10. f3 Nf2 11. Qd5 Nxh1 12. Qxe5+ Kxd8 13. Bg5+ f6 14. Bxf6+ Be7 15. Qxe7# 1-0


[Event "Stockfish 1ms / move vs Holiday Bots 12/25"]
[Site "https://www.chess.com/game/computer/4..."]
[Date "Dec 25, 2025"]
[White "Stockfish 17.1 NNUE (1ms / move)"]
[Black "Abominable-Chessman-BOT"]
[WhiteElo "3890"]
[BlackElo "1825"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qg4 g6 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Qh3 Nf5 7. Nb5 a6 8. Na3 Bc5 9. c3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 O-O 11. g4 Ng7 12. Qh6 f6 13. d4 d5 14. h4 Rf7 15. h5 g5 16. Bxg5 fxg5 17. Nxg5 Qe7 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8# 1-0


[Event "Stockfish 1ms / move vs Holiday Bots 12/25"]
[Site "https://www.chess.com/game/computer/4..."]
[Date "Dec 25, 2025"]
[White "Stockfish 17.1 NNUE (1ms / move)"]
[Black "Cabana-Santa-BOT"]
[WhiteElo "3890"]
[BlackElo "2840"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Bd3 exd4 8. Nxd4 h6 9. Bh4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. f4 Nc5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qc2 Qe8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rae1 Qa4 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Bc2 Qxc4 18. e5 Rae8 19. h3 Bd7 20. f5 Kh7 21. e6 Ba4 22. Bb1 Bb5 23. Rf4 Na6 24. Rh4 h5 25. Rxh5+ Kg8 26. Qh6 Qxd4+ 27. cxd4 fxe6 28. Qh7# 1-0