June 2017 Chess Games

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

Four Knights Game

Homeostatic Chess Player vs. Rick on Intel CORE i7, July 6-8, 2017. Minimal look-ahead set at six tempi.

	White	Black
1.	e4	e5
2.	Nc3	Nf6
3.	Nf3	Nc6
4.	d4	exd4     The Scotch Four Knights Game.
5.	Nxd4	Bb4      Black's best chance for counterplay.

Position after move 5.
6.	Nxc6	b7xc6
7.	f3	a5       f3 is an innovation by the Homeostatic Chess Player
8.	a3	Bc5      The point of black's a5: a place for the bishop to hide.
9.	Na4	Ba7
10.	Qd2	O-O      The a5 pawn is safe because of the potential for a bishop check.

Position after move 10.
11.	Be2	Re8
12.	Qc3	d5       The c6 pawn is safe because Bd7 picks up the loose knight.
13.	e5	d4
14.	Qxa5	d3
15.	Qd2	Rxe5

Position after move 15.
16.	Qxd3	Ba6
17.	Qxa6	Bf2+
18.	Kxf2	Rxa6
19.	Bxa6	Qd4+
20.	Kg3	Qxa4     White came out of that a pawn up, but, as will be seen is effectively ...

Position after move 20.
21.	Bd3	Nh5+     ... playing a rook down because of the exposed king and black's initiative.
22.	Kf2	Qd4+
23.	Kf1	Nf4
24.	Bxf4	Qxf4
25.	Rd1	f5

Position after move 25.
26.	Be2	Qe3
27.	Bc4+	Kf8
28.	Rg1	Ke7
29.	Rh1	g5
30.	a4	g4

Position after move 30.
31.	Bd3	gxf3
32.	g3	h5       White is checkmated if he takes the pawn.
33.	Ba6	f4
34.	gxf4	Qxf4
35.	b3	h4       Black's pawn move prevents counterplay.

Position after move 35.
36.	Bc8	Re2
37.	c4	Qe3      White's move is useless but he has no good moves.
38.	Rd7+	Ke8      White resigns.
	White	Black
1.	e4	e5
2.	Nc3	Nf6
3.	Nf3	Nc6
4.	d4	exd4
5.	Nxd4	Bb4
6.	Nxc6	b7xc6
7.	f3	a5
8.	a3	Bc5
9.	Na4	Ba7
10.	Qd2	O-O
11.	Kd1	Re8
12.	Qxa5	d5       Black finally gets counterplay!
13.	exd5	Nxd5     Black's best. Straightening out black's doubled pawn lets white off the hook.
14.	Bd3	Bd7      Closing the trap. White has no good moves.
15.	Qa6	Be3
16.	Qc4	Qg5
17.	Bxh7+	Kxh7
18.	h4	Qxg2
19.	Qf1	Qxf1+
20.	Rxf1	Rxa4
21.	c3	Bxc1
22.	Kxc1	Rxh4

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