November 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.

Nimzovitch Defense

I played white, minimal look ahead is six tempi. 8-9 November. This game illustrates an innovation in the opening for white that finally refutes the Nimzovitch Defense. See move 7.

	White	Black
1.	e4	Nc6
2.	d4	d5
3.	exd5	Qxd5      Pushing past the queen pawn is also tenable for white but is not as difficult for black.
4.	Nf3	Bg4
5.	Be2	O-O-O     Black is putting maximum pressure on white's queen pawn.

Position after move 5.

6.	Be3	Nf6
7.	Nb1d2	e6        White's knight move here is the refutation of the Nimzovitch defense! The usual Nc3 gives black equality.
8.	c4	Qa5       Black's queen may be better placed on the king side.
9.	O-O	Qb4       Black is wasting time.
10.	Qc1	Be7       Not Qc2 which allows black to trade white squared bishops. The pawn at b2 might be poison.

Position after move 10.

11.	a3	Qa4
12.	b4	Nb8       Black saves his knight.
13.	Qc3	Rh8f8
14.	Bd1	Qa6
15.	a4	Qd6       A four pawn phalanx flank attack. Black threatens the pawn at b4.
...                       And black resigned on move 57.

Position after move 5.

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