November 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. Humans are not allowed to look at books during a tournament, and neither should computers. There is no book built into the Homeostatic Chess Player, it invents all its openings.

Reverse Sicilian

I played white, minimal look ahead is six tempi. November 10-11.

	White	Black
1.	Nf3	Nc6            Nf3 is the first move of the Reti System, holding back black's king pawn.
2.	c4	e5             Black adopts the Reverse Sicilian Defense.
3.	Nc3	f5             Black's f5 move is agressive, forcing white to counter with the king pawn move.
4.	e4	fxe4
5.	Nxe4	Nf6            Intending to castle queen-side, black doesn't mind opening up his king side.

Position after move 5.

6.	Bd3	d5             The bishop on d3 is a bit awkward for white, but it works out. Black continues his aggressive play.
7.	cxd5	Qxd5
8.	Nxf6+	gxf6           Now white can capture the knight without developing black's queen, which is already centralized.
9.	Qe2	Be6
10.	Be4	Qa5            White's bishop is still a bit awkwardly placed.

Position after move 10.

11.	O-O	O-O-O
12.	a3	Bc5
13.	d3	Qb6
14.	b4	Bf8            Be7 might be better for black.
15.	Bb2	a5             White's position is looking much better now.

Position after move 15.

16.	Rf1b1	Nb8            White's rook move looks awkward but it sets a trap. Black's knight move is a bit lame.
17.	bxa5	Qxa5           Black falls into the trap.
18.	Bxb7+	Kd7            If the black king takes the bishop, white wins the queen.
19.	d4	Bf5            White is on a roll now and there's not much black can do about it.
20.	Rd1	Ke8

Position after move 20.

21.	dxe5	Rxd1+
22.	Rxd1	Bc5
23.	exf6+	Kf7             Black is lost.

Position after move 23.

24.	Ne5+	Kg8
25.	Rd8+	Bf8
26.	Qc4+                    Black resigns. Mate is coming.

Position after move 26.

French Defense

I played white. The computer used an overly aggressive queen attack which was repulsed in good time. November 25-26.

	White	Black
1.	d4	e6          French defense.
2.	e4	Qh4         Premature queen move.
3.	Nc3	Bb4
4.	Bd3	Nf6
5.	Qe2	Nc6
6.	Nf3	Qg4         The queen is not actually a threat to the white knight pawn.
7.	Bd2	Nh5         Still not a threat!
8.	h3	Qxg2        White sort of forces the queen to take the pawn.
9.	O-O-O	Qg6         Trying to escape the trap.
10.	d5	Qf6
11.	dxc6	Nf4         The rest is just winning a won game.
12.	cxd7+	Bxd7
13.	Bxf4	Qxf4+
14.	Kb1	Ke7
15.	Rd1g1	g6
16.	h4	Rh8g8
17.	h5	gxh5
18.	Rxh5	Rxg1+
19.	Nxg1	Rh8
20.	Nh3	Qh2
21.	f4	Qh1+
22.	Qf1	Qxf1+
23.	Bxf1	a6
24.	Bd3	f6
25.	f5	Bd6
26.	a3	Be8
27.	Rh4	exf5
28.	exf5	Bc6
29.	Be4	Bg3
30.	Rg4	Bxe4
31.	Rxe4+	Kf7
32.	Nd5	Rd8
33.	Nd5f4	Rd1+
34.	Ka2	a5
35.	Re3	Bh2
36.	Rd3	Rxd3
37.	Nxd3	Bd6
38.	Nh3f2	b6
39.	Ne4	Bh2
40.	Kb3	c6
41.	Kc4	Bg1
42.	Nd3f2	h5
43.	Nh3	Be3
44.	b3	b5+
45.	Kd3	Bc1
46.	a4	bxa4
47.	bxa4	Ke7
48.	Kd4	Bb2+
49.	Kc5	Kd7
50.	Kb6	Be5
51.	Kxa5	Bc7+
52.	Kb4	Be5
53.	Ng1	h4
54.	Nf3	h3
55.	Nxe5+	fxe5
56.	Kc5	Kc7
57.	f6	h2
58.	Ng3	Kd7
59.	a5	e4
60.	Kd4	e3
61.	Kxe3	Kd6
62.	a6	Ke6
63.	a7	Kxf6
64.	a8=Q	c5
65.	Qc6+	Kg5
66.	Qxc5+	Kf6
67.	Ke4	Kf7
68.	Qd6	Kg8
69.	Qe7	Kh8
70.	Kf5	h1=R
71.	Nxh1 Black resigns

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