Polgar CC Quads 4/6/2008

Earlier today, I finished with a score of 2-1-0 in a game/45 quad at the Polgar Chess Center. Here is my best game. I am calling it a Philidor Counter Gambit because the opening transposes into a line often reached by the move order 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3, etc.

Round Two: Philidor Counter Gambit

Gabor Schnitzler (USCF 1856) - Jim West (USCF 2234), Polgar Chess Center 4/6/2008

1.Nf3 d6 2.d3 e5 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.a4 Be7 7.e4 O-O 8.O-O a5 9.Bg5 Na6 10.Qb1 f4


11.gxf4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nxe4 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 d5 15.d4 Bf6 16.Ne5 Nb4 17.Na2 Bf5 18.Nxb4 axb4 19.Qd1 Qe8 20.f4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qg6 22.Qe1 Bxc2 23.Qxb4 Qxg3 24.Ra3 Qg6


25.a5 Be4 26.Qd2 Rae8 27.Kh2 Bxg2 28.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 29.Kxg2 g6 30.b4 Rf5 31.Kg3 Rexe5 32.a6 bxa6 33.fxe5 Rxf1 34.Rxa6 Re1 35.Rxc6 Rxe5 36.b5 d4 37.b6 Rb5


38.Kf3 Rb3+ 39.Ke2 d3+ 40.Kd2 Kg7 41.Rc7+ Kh6 42.Rc3 Rxb6 43.Rxd3 Re6 44.Rh3+ Kg7, White resigns.