I have a very good portable chess computer which usually beat me within 20 moves or so. This game I think I gave him a real match and ended up winning a as I thought drawn endgame. Could it possible be that the computer was not programmed with draw as a possibility? I would appreciate some response to blacks 19th and 32nd move.

Fredrik 

your computer was either over heated, or it is not that good a computer.  what was the time control?  it made several dubious moves early on

 7 ...  d6?   what is it thinking?  d5 was much more playable 

12 ...   Qe8 was truly a silly move

13 h3   hmmm  i guess it's okay but more of a waiting move 

13 ... Ne4  again is kind of silly.  in one move he opens your c file and trades off your cramped knight

15... Bxd3  yet another bad move.  freely intiated the trade of its only active peice  i liked 15... f5 much better

19...Qd7?  this was its biggest blunder

20 Rc7!!!  this was your brilliancy move!  good job 

and the only reason for having any chance was your blunder on 29 Qb7?  much better was

29 a7!   Bd6

30 Nc5  and the game is over 

 

Thank you for your comment,

I just to say that the computor almost never do the normal moves in at least openings but rather strange looking moves which prove to be hard to get around a few moves later. I am sure that if I knew all openings well and how they function I would be able to gain some sort of edge over the computor but I am unfortunately not almighty:)

I do not agree that his 7th move was that bad but obviously the trades around move 14 were bad.

You are right about the 29. a7 which would have won a lot easier without any long endgame calculations.

Thanks Fredrik 

i'm sorry, it was the 8th move d6 that i think was weak.  it was not a bad move, but with those kind of moves, it shows the computer is just trying to make moves that don't lose.

again, your play was most excellent in this game.  you are certainly showing expert strength here.

Ok the 8th move might not have been a very strong but the computor often do somewhat strange moves which usally turns out to be strong in the end, not this though.