Wednesday, May 31, 2023

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1845) - roviscacs (Chess.com 1774), Chess.com 5/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Bb6 7.Na3 Nc6 8.Nf3 h6 9.Nc4 Qe7 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.h3 f5 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Bh2 Nde5 16.d4 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Bd7 18.Qc2 Raf8 19.Rae1 Qg5


20.Qe2 Bc8 21.Kh1 Qf6 22.Bd5+ Kh8 23.Rxf5 Qxf5 24.Bf3 Qf7 25.d5, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2147) - Shellviktor1968 (lichess 2044), lichess 5/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nfd7 8.e6 fxe6 9.Qxe6+ Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bxf4 Na6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Nxd5 Rae8 14.O-O-O c6 15.Nxe7+ Rxe7 16.Bd6 Ref7 17.Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Nf3 Nb4 19.a3 Nd5 

20.Rde1 h6 21.Rhf1 g5 22.h3 Nf4 23.Rg1 Nxh3 24.gxh3 Rxf3 25.h4 Rf5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Re7 Nc5 28.d4 Kf8 29.Rc7 Ne6 30.Rxb7 Nxd4 31.Rxa7 Ne2+ 32.Kd2 Nxg1 33.Rc7 Rc5 34.b4 Nf3+ 35.Ke3 Rc3+ 36.Ke4 Nd2+ 37.Kf5 Nf3


38.Kf6 Rxc2 39.Rc8#.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1838) - Elhakim61 (Chess.com 1742), Chess.com 5/29/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Ng8 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.d4 Bb6 8.c3 d6 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Kh1 Ng6 13.e5 Qd8 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Be3 Ne7 16.Nbd2 Nf5 17.Bg1 Nh4


18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.Qb3+ Be6 20.Qxe6+ Kh7 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.Rf1 Rxf1 23.Nxf1 Qe1 24.Ng3 c5 25.Qd5 Qd1 26.Qe4 cxd4 27.cxd4 Bc7 28.Qxb7 Bb6 29.Qe4 Bc7 30.h4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HayroKozn (lichess 2099) - JimWest (lichess 2147), lichess 5/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Qc2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qe3 Be7 7.Bc4 c6 8.Bb3 Na6 9.d4 e4 10.Ng5 d5 11.h4 h6 12.Nh3 O-O 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Nf4 Bd6 15.Nf1 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 Bh7 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Qxc7 Nxc7 19.O-O-O Ng4


20.Rd2 Ne6 21.Nh2 Nxh2 22.Rxh2 Nf4 23.Bd1 Nd3+ 24.Kc2 Rf6 25.g4 Ne1+ 26.Kb3 Nf3 27.Bxf3 Rxf3 28.g5 h5 29.Kb4 b6 30.Rd1 a5+ 31.Kb3 Bf5 32.Rg1 g6 33.Rg3 Rxg3 34.fxg3 Bg4 35.Rf2 Bf3 36.c4 Rf8 37.cxd5 cxd5


38.Ka4 Re8 39.Kb5 Re6 40.Rc2 Bd1 41.Rc8+ Kf7 42.b3 Be2+ 43.Ka4 Ke7, White forfeits.

Monday, May 29, 2023

2 PCG Games 5/28/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

hhhkkkaaa (Chess.com 1881) - JimWest (Chess.com 1801), Chess.com 5/28/2023

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.Bb5+ c6 11.Ba4 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.Ng4 Qg6 14.Bb3 Bd6 15.Re1 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ Rxf6 17.Nxe4 Re6 18.Qf3 Bd7 19.Nxd6 Rxd6


20.Re5 Rf8 21.Qg3 Qxg3 22.hxg3 Rdf6 23.f4 Bf5 24.c4 dxc4 25.Bxc4+ Kh8 26.Re7 b5 27.Bb3 a5 28.a4 b4 28.Kf2 Rd6 30.Rd1 h5 31.d5 Bg4 32.Rd4 Rfd8 33.Re5 g6 34.Ke3 Kg7 35.Rg5 Bf5 36.Kf3 cxd5


37.Bd1 Bg4+ 38.Ke3 Bxd1 39.Rxd1 d4+ 40.Ke4 Re8+ 41.Kd3 Re3+ 42.Kc4 Re2 43.Rxd4 Rxd4+ 44.Kxd4 Rxb2 45.Rxa5 Rxg2 46.Kc4 Rxg3 47.Kxb4 Rg4 48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Kc5 Rxf4 50.a5 Ra4 51.a6 h4 52.Kb5 Ra1


53.Rh7 g5 54.a7 Kf5 55.Kb6 Kg4 56.Kb7 h3 57.a8=Q Rxa8 58.Kxa8 Kg3 59.Kb7 g4 60.Kc6 Kg2 61.Kd5 g3 62.Ke4 h2 63.Kf4 Kf2 64.Kg4 Kg2 65.Kf4 h1=Q 66.Rxh1 Kxh1 67.Kxg3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

esteniosobral (lichess 2141) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 5/28/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Nd2 Qxe5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.O-O Nxb4 12.Nxe4 Qxe4 13.Bf3 Qc2 14.Qxd4 Qg6 15.Rfe1+ Ne7 16.Qc5 O-O 17.Qxb4 Rxf3 18.Qxe7 Rf8


19.Qxc7 Bh3 20.g3 Qc6 21.Qxc6 bxc6 22.Re2 Rae8 23.Rae1 Rxe2 24.Rxe2 Kf7 25.f4 Re8 26.Kf2 Rxe2+ 27.Kxe2 Be6 28.b3 c5 29.Kd2 Ke7 30.Kc3 a5 31.a3 Kd6 32.b4 cxb4+ 33.axb4 axb4+ 34.Kxb4 Kc6


35.c5 h5 36.f5 Bxf5 37.Kc4 g6 38.Kd4 Bb1 39.h3 Bf5 40.h4 Bb1 41.Kc4 Ba2+ 42.Kd4 Bf7 43.Ke4 Kxc5 44.Ke5 Be8 45.Ke6 Kd4 46.Ke7 Ba4 47.Kf6 Bc2 48.Kg5 Bf5 49.Kf4 Kd3 50.Kf3 Kd2 51.Kf4 Ke2


52.g4 Bxg4 53.Kg3 Ke3 54.Kg2 Kf4 55.Kf2 Bf5 56.Kg2 Kg4 57.Kh2 Kxh4, White resigns.

Sunday, May 28, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ekmelakyil5 (Chess.com 1717) - JimWest (Chess.com 1799), Chess.com 5/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qh5 Kxh8 15.Bc4 Bd7 16.c3 Qf8 17.Kb1 Re8


18.g4 e3 19.Bd3 Qg7 20.fxe3 Rxe3 21.Bf5 Be8 22.Qxh7+ Qxh7 23.Bxh7 Kxh7 24.Rhe1 Bg6+ 25.Ka1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Kg7 27.b4 Nxd4 28.Rf1 Ne2 29.Kb2 Bxc3+ 30.Kb3 Bf6 31.a4 c6 32.Rd1 Bf7+ 33.Kc2 Nd4+ 34.Kd3 Ne6 35.a5 a6


36.h3 Kf8 37.Ke4 Ke7 38.Re1 Bg6+ 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Kg3 c5 41.bxc5 Nxc5 42.Rf1 Ke6 43.h4 Bd8 44.g5 Ne4+ 45.Kg4 Bxa5 46.h5 Bxh5+ 47.Kxh5 Ng3+ 48.Kh6 Nxf1 49.g6 Bc3 50.g7 Bxg7+ 51.Kxg7 a5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2134) - Chess_is_poetry (lichess 2170), lichess 5/27/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Rg1 Nxf1 11.Rxf1 Bh3 12.Rg1 Bc5 13.Rg5 Qh6 14.Rg3 Qh5 15.Qxd5 Be7 16.Nc3 Rd8


17.Qb5+ c6 18.Qxb7 O-O 19.Qxe7 f6 20.Qxg7#.

Saturday, May 27, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1812) - Ziaii (Chess.com 1670), Chess.com 5/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 h6 8.O-O Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Qe7 14.a4 a6 15.b4 Ba7 16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Nb8 18.Ba3 Qe8 19.Bxf8 Kxf8


20.Qb3 Nbd7 21.Nd2 Nc5 22.Qb4 Bb6 23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Nb3 Nfd7 25.Ra1 Qe8 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.Nxc5 Bxc5 28.Qb3 b6 29.Qd5 Nf6 30.Qd8+ Qxd8 31.Rxd8+ Ke7 32.Rd1 Nd7 33.g3 Bd6 34.Kg2 Nc5 35.h4 Na4


36.Rc1 Nb2 37.c4 Nd3 38.Rd1 Nb2 39.Rc1 Bc5 40.Be2 Bd4 41.Kf3 Na4 42.g4 Nc5 43.Rc2 Nb7 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 f6 46.g6 Kf8 47.Ra2 Na5 48.Bd3 Kg8 49.Rh2 Nb7 50.Ke2 Na5 51.Rh1 Nb7 52.Kf3 Na5 53.Be2 Bc5 54.Rd1 Bd4


55.Rd3 Nxc4 56.Rxd4 exd4 57.Bxc4+ Kf8 58.Ke2 Ke7 59.Kd3 Kd6 60.Kxd4 Ke7 61.Kd5 Kd7 62.Bd3 Kd8 63.Ke6 Ke8 64.Bc4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tugodumv (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 5/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.d5 h5 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Be2 g5 11.Ne1 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 g4 13.f3 Qg6 14.b4 Nf6 15.b5 cxb5 16.Nxb5 Rh7 17.Ba3 gxf3 18.Rxf3 Qxe4 19.Qd1 d5


20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Nd6 Qb4 22.Nf5 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 Ne4 24.Nd3 Qc7 25.Qe1 Nc6

26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.Qc3 Ne4 28.Qa3+ Kg8 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Qb3 Qf7 31.Ne3 Nd4 32.Rxd4 exd4 33.Nd1 Nd2, White resigns.

Friday, May 26, 2023

2 PCG Games 5/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

WeakerBughousePlayer (Chess.com 1706) - JimWest (Chess.com 1807), Chess.com 5/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Rad1 O-O-O 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Bc5 14.Na4 Be7 15.Be6 Kb8 16.b3 g5 17.c4 h5


18.Qc3  g4 19.h4 Nxe4 20.Qc2 Nxd2 21.Rxd2 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.Rfe1 g3 24.Kf1 Bxf2 25.Qf5 Bd4 26.Qe4 Qe7 27.Bh3 Qxh4 28.Rxd4 exd4 29.Qe5+ Ka8


30.Rxd4 Rxd4 31.Qxd4 Rd8 32.Qe4 Qf6 33.Ke2 Qb2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Zolotoy_maichik (lichess 1989) - JimWest (lichess 2142), lichess 5/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4


7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.c3 dxc3 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.Nxc6 cxb2+ 11.Qxb4 bxa1=Q, White resigns.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1810) - BarbarCohen (Chess.com 1849), Chess.com 5/24/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh3 12.c3 Be7 13.Bf1 Qe6 14.Nd2 Ng5 15.Qf2 O-O 16.h4 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Be3 f5 19.exf6 Rxf6


20.Qe2 Raf8 21.Bh3 Qf7 22.Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.Bxf1 Bd6 24.Bf2 Qf3 25.Qxf3 exf3 26.O-O-O Rf6 27.Re1 Kf8 28.Bb5 Ne7 29.Bd3 h6 30.Kd2 b6 31.a3 c5 32.dxc5 Bxc5 33.Bxc5 bxc5 34.Rf1 f2


35.Ke2 Nc6 36.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 37.Kxf2 Ne5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Timor-Dovbysh (lichess 2090) - JimWest (lichess 2150), lichess 5/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O Bg4 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Qd7 11.Qd2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.Bd5+ Kh8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Bf6 16.c3 Rae8 17.Rae1 Nd8


18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Re1 c6 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Bf3 d5 22.Qe2 Qxe2 23.Bxe2 Kg8 24.Bg4 Kf7 25.Bb8 a6 26.Bc8 Ke8 27.Bc7 d4 28.c4 c5 29.Ke2 Ke7 30.Bxd8+ Kxd8 31.Bxb7 a5 32.a4 Kc7 33.Bd5 Kd6 34.Kf3 Ke5 35.Be4 h6


36.Kg4 Bg5 37.h4 Bc1 38.b3 Kf6 39.h5 Be3 40.Kf3 Ke5 41.g4 Bg5 42.Bf5 Bc1 43.Bg6 Bg5 44.Bh7 Bc1 45.Bg6 Bg5 46.Be8 Bc1 47.Bc6 Bg5 48.Be4 Bc1 49.Bg6, draw.

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

2 PCG Games 5/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Afrodin_udin (Chess.com 1779) - JimWest (Chess.com 1811), Chess.com 5/23/2023

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.Qh5+ g6 10.Qd1 O-O 11.Be3 c6 12.h4 Nf5 13.Bc5 Re8 14.g4 Nxh4 15.Nxe4 Rxe5 16.f3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Rxe4+ 18.Qxe4 dxe4 19.Bc4+ Kg7


20.Bd4+ Qxd4 21.cxd4 Bxg4 22.Kd2 Nd7 23.Be2 Bxe2 24.Kxe2 Nf6 25.Raf1 Re8 26.Rf4 Nd5 27.Rfh4 h5 28.c4 Nb6 29.Rc1 Kh6 30.Ke3 g5 31.Rxe4 Rxe4+ 32.Kxe4 h4


33.Kf5 Kh5 34.Rg1 Nxc4 35.Rxg5+ Kh6 36.Rg4 Ne3+ 37.Kf4 Nxg4 38.Kxg4 Kg6 39.Kxh4 Kf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

TuChelsea (lichess 2203) - JimWest (lichess 2150), lichess 5/23/2023

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O fxe4 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.Bg5+ Be7 11.Bxe7+ Kxe7 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Re1 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Bxe4 15.Rxe4 Kf6 16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Rae1 Nf7 18.R4e3 h6 19.Ne4+ Kg6


20.Rg3+ Kh7 21.Nc5 Rhe8 22.Rge3 b6 23.Nb3 c5 24.f4 Rd5 25.Nc1 g5 26.fxe5 Rdxe5 27.Kf2 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 Rxe3 29.Kxe3 Nd6 30.b3 Kg6 31.d4 cxd4+ 32.Kxd4 Kf6 33.Kd5 Ke7


34.Nd3 Kd7 35.Ne5+ Kc7 36.Ng4 h5 37.Nf6 h4 38.Ne4 Nf5 39.Nxg5 Ne3+ 40.Ke4 Nxg2 41.Kf3 Ne1+ 42.Kg4 Nd3 43.a3 a5 44.Ne4 Kc6 45.Kxh4 Kd5 46.Nd2 b5 47.Kg5 Kd4 48.a4 bxa4 49.bxa4 Kc3 50.Ne4+ Kb4 51.h4 Ne5


52.Kf5 Nf7 53.Kf6 Nh6 54.Kg6 Ng4 55.Kg5 Ne5 56.Kf5 Nf7 57.Kf6 Nh6 58.Nd6 Kxa4 59.Nb7 Kb5 60.Nxa5 Kxa5 61.Kg6 Ng4 62.h5 Kb6 63.Kg5 Ne5 64.Kf5 Nf7 65.Kf6 Nh6 66.Kg6 Ng4 67.Kg5 Ne5 68.Kf5 Nf7


69.Ke6 Nh6 70.Kf6 Kc7 71.Kg6 Ng4 72.Kg5 Ne5 73.Kh6 Kd7 74.Kg7 Ke7 75.h6 Nf7 76.h7 Nh8 77.Kg8 Kf6 78.Kxh8 Kf7, stalemate.

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

MikhailNikolaevich1957 (Chess.com 1601) - JimWest (Chess.com 1803), Chess.com 5/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.f4 exf3 15.gxf3 Nd7 16.Bd3 O-O-O 17.Rhe1 Qf6 18.Qe3 Rde8 19.Qxa7 Qxf3


20.Qa8+ Nb8 21.Bb5 c6 22.Ba4 Bd7 23.Rf1 Qe3+ 24.Kb1 Rhf8 25.a3 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Qd4 27.Qa5 Na6 28.Bb3 Qc5 29.Qxc5 Nxc5 30.Rf7 Nxb3 31.cxb3 h5 32.h4 Re3 33.Rf8+ Kc7 34.Nf1 Rxb3 35.Nd2 Rh3 36.Rg8 Rxh4


37.Nf3 Bf5+ 38.Ka2 Rf4 39.Ng5 Rg4 40.Rg7+ Kb6 41.Nf3 Be4 42.Nd2 h4 43.Nb1 Bxb1+ 44.Kxb1 g5 45.Kc2 Rg2+ 46.Kc3 h3 47.b4 g4 48.a4 h2 49.a5+ Ka6 50.Rh7 g3

51.Rh8 Ka7 52.a6 Kxa6 53.Ra8+ Kb6 54.b5 Kxb5 55.Rb8 Kb6 56.Rh8 Rg1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - Antoninandre (lichess 2183), lichess 5/22/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qe7 8.a4 d5 9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 dxe4 13.Bg2 Bd6 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6


17.Qg4+ Kb8 18.Qxe4 Qd7 19.Qxb7#.