Saturday, July 31, 2021

2 PCG Games 7/30/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

magnus_egonsen (Chess.com 1864) - JimWest (Chess.com 1882), Chess.com 7/30/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.c3 Nf6 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 d5 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Nf1 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Kh8 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Ng3 Qc7 16.Nf5 Rae8


17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Bc2 e4 19.Be3 a6 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.dxe4 Nxe4 22.Qd3 Ndf6 23.f3 Nd6 24.Bd4 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Ndxe8 27.Qf5 Qd7 28.g4 Qxf5 29.Bxf5 Nd6 30.Bd3 Nd7 31.Kf2 Kg8 32.a4 g6


33.a5 Kf7 34.Kg3 c5 35.Be3 c4 36.Bc2 Ke6 37.Kf4 Ne5 38.Bd4 Nd3+ 39.Bxd3 cxd3 40.Ke3 Nc4+ 41.Kxd3 Nxb2+ 42.Kc2 Nc4 43.Bb6 Nxb6 44.axb6 g5 45.Kd3 Ke5 46.Ke3 a5 47.Kd3 Kf4 48.Kd4 a4 49.c4 dxc4 50.Kxc4 Kxf3


51.Kb4 Kg3 52.Kxa4 Kxh3 53.Kb5 Kxg4 54.Kc5 h5 55.Kd6 h4 56.Kc7 h3 57.Kxb7 h2 58.Kxa7 h1=Q 59.b7 Qa1+ 60.Kb8 Kf5 61.Kc8 Qa6 62.Kc7 Qa7 63.Kc8 g4 64.b8=Q Qxb8+ 65.Kxb8 g3, White resigns.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

Nightrain20 (lichess 2344) - JimWest (lichess 2196), lichess 7/30/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Bxe3 dxe3 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Nf7+ Ke7 13.Nxh8 exf2+ 14.Kxf2 Nh6 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 


17.g4 Nh6 18.h3 Nc6 19.Rab1 b6 20.Ng6+ hxg6 21.c5 Rf8+ 22.Ke3 Nxe5 23.cxb6 axb6 24.Rhe1 Kd7 25.Rbd1+ Kc8 26.Kd4 Nc4 27.a4 g5 28.Kd5 Na5 29.Rf1 Rf4 30.Rxf4 gxf4 31.Ke5 f3 32.Rf1 Kd7 33.Rxf3 Ke7


34.g5 Nf7 35.Kf5 Nc4 36.Rf4 Nfe5 37.g6 c5 38.h4 Kd6 39.Re4 Kd5 40.Re1 Nd6+ 41.Kg5 Nf3+, White resigns.


Friday, July 30, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/29/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1874) - unomi53 (Chess.com 1810), Chess.com 7/29/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Bf5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Bg6 13.O-O Rad8 14.Rad1 Nc5


15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Nd5 Ne6 17.c3 Rfe8 18.b4 Ne7 19.Nxe7+ Rxe7 20.Rxd8+ Nxd8 21.Rd1 Ne6 22.g3 Kf8 23.a4 Ke8 24.Kf2 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Kxd7 26.Ke3 c5 27.Ke4 b6 28.b5 c4 29.Kd5 Nc5 30.a5 Na4 31.Kxc4 bxa5


32.Nd4 Nb6 33.Kc5 Na4+ 34.Kc4 Nb6+ 35.Kb3 g5 36.Nc6 Ke6 37.Nxa5 Kxe5 38.Nc6+ Ke4 39.Nxa7 f5 40.c4 f4 41.gxf4 gxf4 42.c5 f3 43.cxb6 f2 44.b7 f1=Q 45.b8=Q Qb1+ 46.Kc4 Qc2+ 47.Kb4 Qd2+ 48.Kc5 Qd4+ 49.Kc6 Qd5+ 50.Kb6 g5


51.Qb7 g4 52.Qxd5+ Kxd5 53.Kc7 Ke4 54.b6 Kf3 55.b7 Kg2 56.b8=Q Kxh2 57.Kc6+ g3 58.Qh8+ Kg1 59.Kd5 g2 60.Ke4 Kf2 61.Qh2 Kf1 62.Qf4+ Ke1 63.Qg3+ Kf1 64.Qf3+ Kg1 65.Ke3 Kh2 66.Qf2 Kh1 67.Qh4+ Kg1 68.Kf3 Kf1 69.Qf2#.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

Enter_the_Maze (lichess 2319) - JimWest (lichess 2178), lichess 7/29/2021

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Bf8 12.Qe3 c6 13.O-O-O Nd7 14.f3 h5 15.Kb1 Bh6 16.Qe1 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.fxe4 Bg4


19.Be2 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 O-O-O 21.exd5 Qxe2 22.Nxe2 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 cxd5 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.Nc3 d4 26.Nb5 Be3 27.Nxa7+ Kb8 28.Nb5 Rd5 29.c4 Rg5 30.g3 Rg4 31.Kc2 h4 32.Rf1 Kc8 33.Rf3 Bg1 34.Rf4 Rxf4 35.gxf4 Bxh2 36.Nxd4 Bxf4


37.Kd3 g5 38.Nf3 h3, White resigns.


Thursday, July 29, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/28/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1877) - Zebra5555 (Chess.com 1757), Chess.com 7/28/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Qd7 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Qxc6 12.c3 Be7 13.Qe1 O-O-O 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 h6


16.Qg3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 f6 18.Qg4+ Qd7 19.e6 Qd6 20.Bf4 Qc6 21.Qxg7 Rde8 22.Rae1 Bd8 23.e7, Black resigns.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

muhammadimran0465 (lichess 2073) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 7/28/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd2 d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.Nxd6 Qxd6


13.d4 e4 14.Nh4 Be6 15.g3 Rae8 16.Bb4 Qxb4, White resigns.

 

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/27/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

avivc43 (Chess.com 1931) - JimWest (Chess.com 1885), Chess.com 7/27/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.f3 h6 10.Nh3 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Nf5 12.Qd2 e3 13.Qd3 O-O 14.Bxe3 Nc6 15.Bf2 Nxe5 16.Qe2 Nc4


17.Qe6+ Kh8 18.O-O-O Qg5+ 19.Kb1 Nb6 20.Rg1 Qe7 21.Qxe7 Nxe7 22.Bd4 Nf5 23.Bd3 Nxd4 24.cxd4 Rxf3 25.Rde1 Raf8 26.Re7 R3f7 27.Rge1 g5 28.Bg6 Rg7 29.Bd3 Nc4 30.Rxg7 Kxg7 31.Re7+ Rf7 32.Re6 Nxa3+ 33.Kb2 Nc4+ 34.Bxc4 dxc4


35.h4 gxh4 36.Re4 h3 37.Rg4+ Kh7 38.Rg3 Rf4 39.Kc3 b5 40.Rxh3 a5 41.Rh5 c6 42.Rc5 Rf3+ 43.Kb2 Rf6 44.d5 cxd5 45.Rxb5 d4 46.Rxa5 Rb6+ 47.Kc1 c3 48.Rd5 Rb4 49.Kd1 Rb1+ 50.Ke2 Rh1


51.Rh5 Kg6 52.Rh4 Kg5 53.Rh3 h5 54.Kd3 Rd1+ 55.Ke4 Rd2 56.Rg3+ Kh4 57.Rf3 Rxc2 58.Kxd4 Kg5 59.Rg3+ Kf4 60.Rh3 Kg4 61.Rg3+ Kh4 62.Rf3 Rxh2 63.Rxc3 Re2 64.Rf3 Kg4 65.Rf8 h4 66.Kd3 Re7


67.Rd8 h3 68.Rg8+ Kf3 69.Rf8+ Kg2 70.Rg8+ Kh1 71.Kd2 h2 72.Rg6 Re8 73.Rg5 Ra8 74.Ke1 Ra1+ 75.Kf2 Rg1 76.Re5 Rg2+ 77.Kf3 Rg1 78.Kf2 Ra1 79.Rg5 Ra2+ 60.Ke1 Rg2 81.Rf5 Rg8 82.Kf1 Ra8 83.Rg5 Ra1+ 84.Kf2, draw.


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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2162) - MfumuNsakuNeVunda (lichess 2112), lichess 7/27/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 dxe4 7.Bc4 Bh4+ 8.g3 Bg5 9.Ne2 Ne3 10.Bxe3 Bxe3 11.Nbc3 Bf5 12.Nd5 Bg5 13.O-O Bg6 14.c3 O-O


15.Nef4 c6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Nf4 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 Qg5 19.Rxe4 Nd7 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.Rxg4 Nb6 22.Bb3 Nd5 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Rf4 Rae8 25.Raf1 Re7 26.Kg2 b5 27.a3 a5 28.h4 Rb8 29.R4f3 Rc7 30.Re1 b4


31.axb4 axb4 32.e6 fxe6 33.Rxe6 bxc3 34.bxc3 Rb2+ 35.Kh3 Rc2 36.Rxg6 Rf7 37.Rxf7 Kxf7 38.Rd6 Rxc3 39.Rxd5 Ke6 40.Rg5 Kf6 41.Rg4 Rd3 42.Rf4+ Ke6 43.h5, Black forfeits.


Tuesday, July 27, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/26/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1888) - elsanchez20 (Chess.com 1864), Chess.com 7/26/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7


11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Qc8+ Bd8 15.Qe6+ Be7 16.Qc8+ Bd8 17.Qe6+ Be7, draw.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

darkknight_8 (lichess 2030) - JimWest (lichess 2158), lichess 7/26/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.Nc4 Nd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O-O


13.a4 g5 14.Rd1 h5 15.Qxh5 g4 16.hxg4 Rh8 17.Qh4 Qxh4, White resigns.

Monday, July 26, 2021

2 PCG Games 7/25/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

newstyle007 (Chess.com 1962) - JimWest (Chess.com 1887), Chess.com 7/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qd2 a5 9.h3 b5 10.Nxb5 cxb5 11.Bxb5+ Bd7 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.g4 Bd7 15.Qe2 Qb6 16.Qe4 O-O-O


17.a3 Kc7 18.b4 axb4 19.O-O Ra8 20.Rfb1 Nd4 21.Rxb4 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Qxb4 23.axb4 Rxa1+ 24.Kg2 Rb8 25.c3 Ra3 26.b5 Rxc3 27.Qd5 e4 28.dxe4 Rxc4 29.Qxc4+ Kb6 30.Qd3 Be5 31.Qe3+ Kb7 32.f4 Bf6


33.Qd3 Kc7 34.Qc4+ Kb6 35.g5 Bxb5 36.Qe6 Bd8 37.Qxd6+ Ka7 38.Qd4+ Bb6 39.Qxg7+ Rb7 40.Qa1+ Kb8 41.Qh8+ Ka7 42.Qa1+ Kb8 43.Qh8+ Ka7 44.Qa1+, draw.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

tabtas (lichess 2138) - JimWest (lichess 2160), lichess 7/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh6 Nf5 11.Qh3 e3 12.Bxe3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Nc6 14.e6 O-O 15.Nf7 Qe7 16.Bb5 Bxe6


17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qd4+ Qf6 20.O-O Qxd4 21.cxd4 Kg7 22.Rae1 Rae8 23.Re3 Kxh6 24.Rfe1 Bf7 25.Kf1 Rxe3 26.Rxe3 Re8 27.Rf3 Kg7 28.Rc3 Re4 29.Rxc6 Rxd4 30.Rxc7 Rc4 31.Rxa7 Rxc2


32.a4 d4 33.a5 d3 34.Ke1 Re2+ 35.Kd1 Rxf2 36.a6 Rxg2 37.Rd7 Rxh2 38.a7 Ra2 39.Kc1 d2+ 40.Kd1 Kf6, White forfeits.


Sunday, July 25, 2021

2 PCG Games 7/24/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jnt18 (Chess.com 1769) - JimWest (Chess.com 1885), Chess.com 7/24/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Be3 Bxb3 13.axb3 Ne6


14.Rxa7 Rxa7 15.Bxa7 Nxf4 16.Nc4 N4d5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.Bd4 g6 21.Kf2 Ke7 22.Bc3 b5 23.Bd2 Ke6 24.c4 bxc4 25.bxc4 Nb6 26.b3 Nd7 27.Ke3 d5 28.Bc3 h5 29.Bd4 dxc4 30.bxc4 Kf5


31.c5 Nb8 32.Bc3 Nc6 33.h3 h4 34.Be1 g5 35.g4+ hxg3 36.Bxg3 Ne5 37.Be1 Nc6 38.Bc3 Na7, draw.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

timur15092009 (lichess 2122) - JimWest (lichess 2155), lichess 7/24/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O c6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ne4 Qd8 11.Bb3 d5 12.Nc3 Bd6 13.Ne2 O-O


14.c4 Be6 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.d4 Kh8 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.f4 Bxb2 21.Rb1 Bf6 22.Rxb7 Qa5 23.a4 Rfe8 24.Ng3 d4 25.Nh5 Qa6 26.Nxf6 Qxf6 27.Rb4 Rad8 28.Qd3 Re3 29.Qd2 Qd6


30.Rd1 Qxf4 31.g3 Qe4 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.Qxd4 Re1+, White resigns.


Saturday, July 24, 2021

10/5 PCG 7/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

akshaychachad100 (lichess 2123) - JimWest (lichess 2161), lichess 7/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxh7 Qh4 7.Ng5 Nxd4 8.O-O f4 9.Bxf4 Qxf4 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.g3 Qf6 12.f4 Bg4 13.Qh4 Be7 14.Nc3 Nxc2 15.Nd5 Qg6 16.Nxe7 Kxe7 17.Nf7+ Qf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Rac1 Ne3

20.Nxh8 Nxf1 21.Ng6+ Kd7 22.Bxf1 Rg8 23.f5 Bh5 24.Nh4 Nf7 25.Kf2 c6 26.h3 d5 27.g4 Bxg4 28.hxg4 Rxg4 29.Ng6 Rxe4 30.Bd3 Rb4 31.b3 e4 32.Bb1 Kd6 33.Rh1 Ne5 34.Rh7 Ng4+ 35.Ke2 Rb6 36.Rf7 c5


37.Kf1 c4 38.Bc2 Ne3+ 39.Ke2 Nxc2 40.Rxf6+ Kc5 41.Rxb6 axb6 42.f6 Nd4+ 43.Ke3 Ne6 44.f7 d4+ 45.Kxe4 Ng5+ 46.Kf4 Nxf7 47.Ke4 cxb3 48.axb3 Nd6+ 49.Kd3 b5 50.Ne5 b4 51.Nd7+ Kc6 52.Ne5+ Kd5 53.Nf3 Ne4


54.Nxd4 Nc5+ 55.Ke3 b6 56.Nb5 Nxb3 57.Kd3 Nc5+ 58.Kc2 Kc4 59.Nd6+ Kd4 60.Nc8 b5 61.Nd6 b3+ 62.Kb2 b4 63.Nb5+ Kc4 64.Nd6+ Kd3 65.Nb5 Kc4 66.Na7 Na4+ 67.Kb1 Nc3+ 68.Kb2 Nd1+ 69.Kc1 b2+ 70.Kb1 Kb3


71.Nb5 Nc3+ 72.Nxc3 Kxc3 73.Ka2 b3+ 74.Kb1 Kc4 75.Kxb2 Kb4 76.Kb1 Kc3 77.Kc1 b2+ 78.Kb1 Kb3, stalemate.

Friday, July 23, 2021

2 PCG Games 7/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Allowpls (Chess.com 1928) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 7/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.Nxh8 Qxg5 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Nf6 13.Nf7 Bxe6 14.Ng5 Bd5


15.Bc4 e3 16.Bxd5 exd2+ 17.Kxd2 Nxd5 18.Rae1+ Kd7 19.Re5 Bb4+ 20.Kc1 Nf6 21.Rb5 Bd6 22.Rxb7 Bf4+ 23.Kb1 Bxg5 24.Rd1 Nc6 25.c3 Ne4 26.cxd4 Nd2+ 27.Kc2 Nxd4+ 28.Kc3 Nc6 29.Rxd2+ Bxd2 30.Kxd2 Rb8 31.Rxb8 Nxb8


32.Kd3 Kd6 33.f4 Nd7 34.g4 Nf6 35.g5 Nd5 36.f5 Ke5 37.g6 hxg6 38.fxg6 Nf4+ 39.Kc4 Nxg6 40.Kc5 Ne7 41.Kb5 Kd6 42.Ka6 Nc6 43.Kb7 a5 44.Ka6 g5 45.a3 g4 46.Kb5 Kd5 47.a4 Kd6 48.b3 Kd5


49.Ka6 Kc5 50.Kb7 Nd4 51.Kxc7 Nxb3 52.Kd7 Kd5 53.Kc7 Nc5 54.Kb6 Nxa4+ 55.Kxa5 Nc3 56.Kb4 Kd4 57.Kb3 Kd3 58.Kb2 Ne2 59.Kb1 Ke3 60.Kc2 Nd4+ 61.Kd1 Nf3 62.Kc1 Nxh2 63.Kd1 Kf2 64.Kc1 g3 65.Kd1 g2 66.Kc1 g1=Q+ 67.Kc2 Ke3


68.Kc3 Qc1+ 69.Kb4 Nf3 70.Ka5 Nd4 71.Ka4 Qc4+ 72.Ka3 Qb3#.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

AndiNenobais (lichess 2121) - JimWest (lichess 2156), lichess 7/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.g4 Qd5 11.Bg2 Bxe6 12.Nxh8 Qxg5 13.Bxe4 Nd7 14.h4 Qe5 15.Qd3 Ngf6 16.Nd2 Bb4


17.f3 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 19.fxe4 Ne5 20.a3 Bxd2+ 21.Kxd2 O-O-O 22.Raf1 Rxh8 23.g5 Rd8 24.h5 c5 25.b3 c4 26.b4 c3+ 27.Ke2 Bc4+ 28.Ke1 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 d3 30.cxd3 Rxd3 31.Ke2 Rd2+ 32.Ke3 Nc4+ 33.Kf4 c2


34.Rc1 Nxa3 35.Ke3 Rd1, White resigns.