December 2018 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.

French Defense

I played white, minimal look ahead is six tempi. 4-5 December.

	White	Black
1.	e4	e6
2.	d4	Qh4     Black's early queen move might work against a 1400 player.
3.	Nc3	Bb4
4.	Bd3	Nf6
5.	Qe2	Nc6

Position after move 5.

6.	Nf3	Qg4
7.	Bd2	Nh5     White quietly develolops. Black forces the issue.
8.	h3	Qxg2    White cannot allow Nf4. g3 also works but is less sharp.
9.	O-O-O	Qg6     The only move to save the black queen.
10.	d5!	Qf6     The black queen gets off the white bishop's diagonal. If the knight moves to a safe square, e5 traps the queen.

Position after move 10.

11.	dxc6	Nf4     Taking the white pawn at c6 might be better, but black is already lost.
12.	cxd7+	Bxd7
13.	Qf1	Nxd3+   Taking the black knight with the bishop also works.
14.	Qxd3	Bc6     Black doesn't see the danger.
15.	Bg5	Qg6
16.	Qd8+ Black resigns

Position at move 16.

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