December 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.

Checkmate in 20 Moves

I played White and the computer played black.

	White	Black
1.	e4	Nc6
2.	Nf3	d5              The Center Counter Game
3.	exd5	Qxd5
4.	Be2	Bf5             White need not hurry to attack the exposed black queen.
5.	O-O	Nd4             Black looks to simplify early.

Position after move 5.

6.	Nxd4	Qxd4
7.	Nc3	O-O-O          Black castles early too, not a bad idea.
8.	d3	Nf6
9.	Be3	Qb4            The black king must move again as white developes.
10.	Qd2	b6             Black secures his rook pawn, not strictly necessary.

Position after move 10.

11.	a3	Qh4            Black realizes that white's knight pawn is poison.
12.	Bf4	a5             Opening up his castled pawn structure is a grave mistake for black.
13.	Bg3	Qh6            b4 now is better than white's Bg3.
14.	Bf4	Qh4
15.	b4	axb4           The game could have been shortened by two moves!

Position after move 15.

16.	axb4	Kb7            Black prevents Ra8, but the text is just as bad. The pair of bishops cuts him to ribbons.
17.	Bf3+	c6
18.	Nb5	h6             Black had nothing better: it's all over.
19.	Ra7+	Kc8
20.	Bxc6	Black resigns

Position after move 20.

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