May 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.

French Defense

I played white and the computer played black.

	White	Black
1.	Nf3	e6
2.	e4	Nc6      Black steps out of the book, which advises e5 here.
3.	d4	Nf6
4.	d5	exd5
5.	exd5	Qe7+

Position after move 5.

6.	Be2	Ne5
7.	O-O	c6
8.	c4	Rg8      Black makes a strategic mistake. Castling early is a fundamental principle of good chess play.
9.	Re1	cxd5
10.	cxd5	Kd8      Black realizes his danger too late.

Position after move 10.

11.	Nxe5	Qxe5
12.	Bf3	Qc7       White takes the initiative.
13.	Nc3	Bd6
14.	h3	Bh2+
15.	Kh1	Bf4

Position after move 15.

16.	Nb5	Qc5
17.	Bxf4	Qxb5
18.	Rc1	d6        White threatens mate.
19.	Qc2	Qb6       White threatens mate again.
20.	b4	g5

Position after move 20.

21.	Bh2	Bd7
22.	a4	Rc8       White will dislodge the black queen.
23.	Qb2	Ne8       Black protects c7.
24.	a5	Rxc1
25.	Rxc1	Qb5

Position after move 25.

26.	Qc3	g4
27.	Bxg4	Bxg4
28.	hxg4	Qd7       Black avoids mate again.
29.	f3	b6
30.	Bg3	Qb7

Position after move 30.

31.	Bh4+	f6         White presses the attack.
32.	Bxf6+	Kd7
33.	Bh4	Rg7
34.	Qd3	Nc7
35.	Qf5+	Ke8        King trapped in the center of the board: not good.

Position after move 35.

36.	Re1+	Ne6
37.	Rxe6+	Re7        It's all over now.
38.	Rxe7+	Qxe7
39.	Bxe7	Kxe7
40.	Qxh7+	Kf8

Position after move 40.

41.	Qxa7	bxa5
42.	Qxa5	Ke7
43.	g5	Kd7
44.	Qa7+ Black resigns

Position after move 44.

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