Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Philidor vs the Philidor


In a final Jerome Gambit-inspired blitz game, we see Philidor 1792 taking on  the Philidor Defense. White starts out by gathering material, and then starts to work with his "Jerome pawns", undeterred by a Queen exchange. When White needs an "extra" piece, he simply enlists his King. As ever, there is a whole lot of battle in the game, and quick decisions to make as the clock ticks down.
Philidor 1792 - guest24
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.Bxf7+ 


4...Kxf7 5.h3 Nf6 6.Qe2 h6 7.c3 Be7 8.Qb5 Rf8 9.Qb3+ Be6 10.Qxb7 Qd7 11.d3 Rab8 12.Qa6 Rb6 13.Qa4 Kg8


14.b4 d5 15.b5 Nd8 16.Nxe5 Qxb5 17.Qxb5 Rxb5 18.Ng6 Re8


19.e5 Nd7 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.f4 Bf5 22.Na3 Rc5 23.Kd2 Ne6 24.g4 Bh7 25.f5 Nf4 26.Nc2 

26...Nxe5 27.Ba3 Nexd3 28.Bxc5 Nxc5 29.Rhe1 Rxe1 30.Nxe1 Ne4+ 31.Ke3 Nxh3 32.Kd4 c6 33.c4 Nf6 34.cxd5 cxd5 35.Rb1 Nxg4 36.Kxd5 Bxf5 

37.Rb7 a5 38.Ra7 Nf4+ 39.Kc5 Ne6+ 40.Kd6 h5 41.Rxa5 g6 42.Rxf5 gxf5 43.Kxe6 h4 

44.Kxf5 h3 45.Nf3 h2 46.Nxh2 Nxh2 47.a4 Nf3 48.Kf6 Nd4 49.a5 Nc6 50.a6 Kf8 51.Ke6 Ke8 52.Kd6 Na7 53.Kc7 Ke7 54.Kb6 Nc8+ 55.Kb7 Nd6+ 56.Kc7 Nb5+ 57.Kb6 Nd6 58.Kc7 Ke6 59.Kc6 Nc8 60.Kb7 Black lost on time



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