Wednesday, March 31, 2021

15/10 PCG 3/30/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Papaflessas (Chess.com 1887) - JimWest (Chess.com 2058), Chess.com 3/30/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Bc7 11.h3 h6 12.Nf3 Kh7 13.Nb5 Nc6 14.Nxc7 Qxc7 15.Qe2 e4 16.dxe4 fxe4 17.Nh2 Nd4 18.Qd1 Nxb3 19.cxb3 Be6 20.Be3 Rac8


21.Rc1 Qb8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Ng4 Bxg4 24.hxg4 a6 25.g5 hxg5 26.Bxg5 Qe5 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Qg4 Rc7 29.Rd1 d4 30.f4 exf3 31.Qxf3 Re7 32.Qh3+ Kg8 33.Qg4+ Rg7 34.Qxd4 Qg3 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qd3+ Kh6 37.Qxg3 Rxg3 38.b4 Rb3


39.Rd2 Kg5 40.Kf1 f5 41.Ke1 f4 42.Kd1 Kg4 43.Kc2 Re3 44.b3 Re7 45.a4 Kg3 46.Kb2 Rh7 47.b5 axb5 48.axb5 Rh5 49.Kc3 Rxb5 50.Kc4 Rb6 51.b4 Rh6 52.b5 b6 53.Ra2 Rh2 54.Ra6 Rh4 55.Kd5 Rh5+ 56.Kc6 Rh6+ 57.Kb7 Kxg2


58.Rxb6 Rxb6+ 59.Kxb6 f3 60.Kc7 f2 61.b6 f1=Q 62.b7 Qc4+ 63.Kb6 Qe6+ 64.Kc7 Qe7+ 65.Kc8 Qc5+ 66.Kd7 Qb6 67.Kc8 Qc6+ 68.Kb8 Kf3 69.Ka7 Qc7 70.Ka8 Qa5+ 71.Kb8 Ke4 72.Kc8 Qc5+ 73.Kd7 Qb6 74.Kc8 Qc6+ 75.Kb8 Kd5


76.Ka7 Qc7 77.Ka8 Qa5+ 78.Kb8 Kc6, White resigns.