Here are highlights by Internet DDG players:
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 dxe4 4.Be3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Ne2 Ng4?? 7.Qa4+ Nc6
8.O-O-O O-O
8...Bxc3 9.d5! +-.
9.d5 Nxe3 10.fxe3 exd5 11.cxd5 Ne5 12.Qxb4 1-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 dxe4 4.Nc3 c6?
I don't know why, Fritz loves playing 4...c6? and allows me to have crushing victories.
5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Nbd7?
9...h6 is better although White can play 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.Bc2 Qb6 12.Qd3 Qxb2?! 13.Rfb1!? Qa3 14.Ne5! Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.Bxf6 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 +-.
10.Ne4 Bc7
11.Ne5! Nxe5 12.Nxf6+!! gxf6 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Bxf6 1-0
Oops, only 14 moves against Fritz 5.0. Only the DDG can do that.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 dxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6!? 6.Be3 Bb4
With 5...Nc6, White had to put his black-squared bishop on e3, instead of a more natural square like g5. So White can't play as if he was in the main variation. Furthermore there are Black threats with Ng4 very worrying.
7.Qc2
With 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 e5!, Black is already better.
7...O-O
With 7...exf3 8.Nxf3 Ng4 9.Bg1 O-O 10.O-O-O, the game is totally unclear but White seems to have compensation.
8.O-O-O exf3 9.Nxf3
After 9.gxf3, Black seems to be better because he is in lead of development, e.g., 9...Ne7 10.Bg5 Nf5 =+.
9...a6
Now Black has different ways to play. 9...Bxc3 is unsound, Black only lose time, he must play this move at the right time. But Black can attack on the queenside with his pawns or try to put pressure on the pawn on d4 with Nc6-e7-f5 and pushing c5.
10.Bd3 b5 11.Bg5!? h6 12.Bh7+ Kh8 13.h4! Bxc3 14.bxc3 bxc4 15.Ne5 Bb7 16.Ng4 h5! 17.Nxf6 gxf6
18.Qe2!!
I'm very proud of this move.
18...Nxd4
18...Rg8 19.Rdf1 Qd5 20.Be4! Rxg5 21.Bxd5 or 18...Kxh7 19.Qxh5 Kg8 20.Dh6!.
19.Qxh5 Ne2+ 20.Kb2 Bf3 21.Qh6 Qb8+ 22.Ka3 1-0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e4 dxe4 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.f3 Nc6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 h6 9.Bh4 exf3 10.Nxf3 O-O 11.Bd3 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rae1 Rb8
15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Rxe5 c5 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rh5
This effective rook maneuver is quite unique in the DDG (editor's note).
18...f5?
Only 18...Kf8 escapes the mate. Black was thinking of 19.Bh7+ Kxh7??.
19.Qxh6 f6 20.Qh8+ Kf7 21.Rh7+ Kg6 22.Qg7# 1-0
So far I've had an impressive record with DDG: 82% won, 6% draw and 12% lost.
This is about the first time on the net that I was able to play against the French.
3...dxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 c6
I don't think black's game looks too bad here.
11.Qc2 Ne8 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qc5+
I didn't see this and thought that black now has the better game after the pawn capture.
15.Kh1 Qxe5 16.Rae1 Qc7 17.Qe2 Nf6
18.Rxf6
Tactics!
18...gxf6 19.Qh5 Qf4 20.Ne4 e5
20...Kg7.
21.Rf1 Qg4??
Analysis by Fritz 4: 21...Qe3 22.Nxf6+ Kg7 (22...Kh8 23.h4!! Be6 24.Rf3 Qc1+ 25.Kh2 +-) 23.Ne8+!
22.Nxf6+ Kg7 23.Nxg4 Bxg4 24.Qxg4+ Kh8 25.Qf5 Kg7 26.Qh7# 1-0