October Chess Games

Some of the more interesting or instructive games I played against my computer this month. I did not put book openings into the computer program. A human player with access to a library would be cheating, and so it is with computers. The Homeostatic Chess Player computes its own opening moves. There is a small random "fuzz" factor in the position value computation so it will play different openings, even with the same look-ahead depth.

Irregular Opening

Computer is black.

	White	Black
1.	c4	d5       Computers tend to do better in open, more tactical, openings.
2.	cxd5	Qxd5
3.	Nc3	Qd6      Black has lost a tempo, but his queen has more move options.
4.	Nf3	Nf6
5.	Qc2	Bd7      White keeps black's bishop from reaching f5.
6.	a3	a6       White and black both make prophylactic moves.
7.	d4	Nc6
8.	e3	g6       Black prepares to fiancetto his king's bishop.
9.	Bd3	Bg7      White still prevents black's bishop from reaching f5.
10.	O-O	O-O
11.	b4	Na7
12.	Bb2	Ra8b8    The opening phase of the game is over and the middle game begins.
13.	Ra1b1	h5
14.	Ne5	Be6      A win in chess cannot be forced. One must wait for the opponent to make a mistake.
15.	Nc4	Qd7
16.	Ne2	Bf5
17.	e4	Be6      White's center pawns begin to show their strength.
18.	h3      Bxc4     Black's bishop sacrifice Bxh3 would fail because he would be unable to bring new pieces to bear.
19.	Bxc4	b5
20.	Ba2	Kh8
21.	Rb1c1	c6
22.	Rf1d1	Bh6
23.	f4	Kh7
24.	d5	cxd5
25.	Bxd5	Rb8c8
26.	Qd3	Nxd5
27.	exd5	Rxc1
28.	Rxc1	Rd8
29.	Qd4	Rc8
30.	Rc5	Qf5
31.	d6	Qb1+
32.	Kh2	e5
33.	Qxe5	Qf5
34.	Qd4	Nc6
35.	Rxc6	Ra8
36.	d7	Rd8
37.	Rxa6	Qxd7
38.	Qxd7	Rxd7
39.	Ra8	Bg7
40.	Bxg7	Kxg7
41.	Nc3	Rd4
42.	g3	Rd2+
43.	Kg1	Rd3
44.	Nxb5	Rxg3+
45.	Kh2	Rf3
46.	Ra7	Rxf4
47.	Nd6	g5
48.	Rxf7+	Rxf7
49.	Nxf7	Kxf7
50.	b5	Ke6
51.	Kg3	Kd6
52.	Kf2	Kc5
53.	a4	Kb6
54.	Ke3	Ka5
55.	Ke4	g4
56.	hxg4	hxg4
57.	Kf4	g3
58.	Kxg3	Kb6
59.	Kf4	Kc5
60.	Ke5	Kb6
61.	Kd6	Kb7
62.	Kd7	Kb6
63.	Kc8	Ka7
64.	a5	Ka8
65.	Kc7	Ka7
66.	b6+	Ka8
67.	b7+

White Black 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qc2 Ke7 9. a4 Rg8 10. Ba3+ Ke8 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O b6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. c4 Qa5 15. Ra1b1 Ba6 16. e4 g5 17. d5 g4 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. Qd1 Qc3 20. Nb3 exd5 21. e4xd5 Kd7 22. Bc1 Nxb3

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