Chess - Matthew Doucette vs. Chess 88 v2.0 [Level 2] (1-0)

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Published on April 7, 2015 4:03:10 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBvueQRaJN0

Duration: 6:23

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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d3 Nc5 4. d4 Ne6 5. d5 Nc5 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 f6 9. Ng4 h5 10. Ne3 Nba6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. O-O Kf7 13. Re1 Nb4 14. a3 Nba6 15. h3 e5 16. dxe6+ Bxe6 17. Qf3 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Be7 19. Bd2 c6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Ne5+ Ke8 22. Ng6 Kf7 23. Ne5+ Ke8 24. Nxc6 Qb6 25. Nd5 Qxc6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxa8+ Kf7 28. Qxh8 Qxb2 29. Qxh5+ g6 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qxg6 Qg7 32. Bh6 Qxh6 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 34. Qc6+ Kf7 35. Qf3+ Bf6 36. Re3 Kg6 37. Rde1 Kg7 38. Qg4+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Re8 b4 41. Qh8+ Kg6 42. Rg8+ Kf5 43. Qh5+ Kf4 44. g3#

White: Matthew Doucette
Black: Chess 88 v2.0 [Level 2]
Result: 1-0 (white wins)

Me playing Chess 88 v2.0 at look ahead level 2, via DOSBox.

Missed moves:
- 25. Rxe7+ wins a bishop and leads to mate with 25... Kf8 26.Qd5. I saw this re-watching the game.
- 31. Bh6+ leads to mate.
Both of these moves, and others, had good follow-ups so there were no real blunders.

Chess 88 (CHESS88) was developed by Don Berg. I had version 2.0 as a child, the version I am playing here. It was the first computer chess program I ever beat. My brother, Jason Doucette, has found versions as high as 4.1 on the internet. Version 2.0 allows look ahead levels from 1 to 6, and version 4.1 allows level 1 to 5.

DOSBox is an x86 emulator with DOS, and I optimized it to play faster than default settings:
http://www.dosbox.com/

Speed Up DOSBox:
http://xona.com/2014/10/10.html

Record video in DOSBox:
- CTRL+ALT+F5 (start/stop recording video)
- CTRL+F5 (capture screenshot)