July 2019 Chess Game

The game shown here was played against my chess applet, the Homeostatic Chess Player, a computer program I wrote in the first year of this century.

Reti System

I played white, minimal look ahead is six tempi. July 9-10.

	White	Black
1.	Nf3	e6
2.	c4	Nc6        The knight at f3 and pawn at c4 are characteristic of Reti's system. Black's knight to c6 takes us out of the book.
3.	d4	Bb4+
4.	Nc3	Nf6
5.	Qc2	O-O        White's queen move keeps the black knight off e4 and prepares pawn to e4.

Position after move 5.

6.	e4	d6         Black's d6 is insufficient to prevent white's advance in the center.
7.	e5	dxe5
8.	dxe5	Nd7        Ng4 might be better for black.
9.	Bf4	Qe7
10.	Bd3	h5         White has an easy expansion. Black saves his rook pawn.

Position after move 10.

11.	O-O	Rb8        Black's rook move is not a "mistake," but there are better things to do here.
12.	Rf1e1	Kh8
13.	Bg5	Qe8
14.	a3	Be7
15.	Qd2	Nc5        Black begins a knight expedition on the queen side.

Position after move 15.

16.	Bc2	Na5
17.	Qe2	Na5b3
18.	Ra1d1	f6
19.	exf6	gxf6
20.	Bf4	Rg8         Black's pawn at c7 cannot be defended. If e4, then white's knight sacrifice leads to checkmate.

Position after move 20.

21.	Bxc7	Ra8
22.	Kh1	Na6         White makes a prophylactic king move, getting it off black's half open file.
23.	Bg3	Na6c5
24.	Ne4	Kg7
25.	Nxc5	Nxc5

Position after move 25.

26.	b4	Na4
27.	Qd3	Nb2
28.	Qh7+	Kf8        Black's knight expedition on the queen side is over.
29.	Rd4	e5?        Black's pawn advance to e5 is a mistake that loses the queen.
30.	Nxe5	fxe5

Position after move 30.

31.	Bxe5	Qf7
32.	Rf4	Be6
33.	Rxf7+	Bxf7       It's all over but the mopping-up.
34.	Qh6+	Ke8
35.	Bxb2	Kd7

Position after move 35.

36.	Bf5+	Kd8
37.	Rd1+	Ke8
38.	Bd7+	Kd8
39.	Bf6	a6
40.	Bxe7+	Kxe7

Position after move 40.

41.	Qd6+	Kd8
42.	Qf6+	Kc7
43.	Qxf7	Rh8
44.	Bg4+	Kb8
45.	Qf4+	Ka7

Position after move 45.

46.	Qd4+	b6
47.	Qg7+ 	Black resigns. Checkmate is seen ahead.

Position at move 47.

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