In the following game White chooses to play with the pawns vs Black's extra piece in a Queenless middle game. The second player cannot figure out how to break through, and eventually settles for returning the extra material, ending up in a drawn Bishops-of-opposite-colors endgame.
Philidor 1792 - guest2498
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qf4+ Qf6 9.d3 Qxf4 10.Bxf4 Nf6
White has two pawns for his sacrificed piece. He plans to patiently test his opponent. That is a bit of a feat in a 3-minute game.
11.c3 Bb6
Black continued 11...h6 12.Nd2 g5 in Philidor1792 - guest2052, Internet online game, 2012, (1-0,40).
12.Nd2 Bd7 13.Nc4 Kf7 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.f3 Rhe8 16.Kf2 b5 17.a3 Be6
18.Ke3 Rad8 19.d4 Bb3 20.Kd2 h6 21.Rae1 g5 22.Be3 Nh5 23.g3 Kg6 24.Re2 Rf8 25.Rf2 Rf7
26.f4 gxf4 27.gxf4 Rdf8 28.Rg1+ Kh7 29.f5 Rg8 30.Rxg8 Kxg8 31.Bxh6 Nf6 32.Rf4 Rh7 33.Bg5 Rxh2+ 34.Ke3 Kf7 35.Rh4 Rxh4 36.Bxh4 c6
Black's chances have come and gone, and his last attempt is to return his extra piece, arriving at a drawn endgame.
37.Kf4 Bc2 38.e5 Nd5+ 39.Kg5 dxe5 40.dxe5 Nc7 41.Bg3 Bd3 42.e6+ Nxe6+ 43.fxe6+ Kxe6 44.Kf4 Kd5 45.Ke3 Bf1 46.Kd2 Kc4 47.Kc1 Kb3 48.Bf2 Draw
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