Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation Apr 11, 2024 7:45:08 GMT -5 Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by Radrook Admin on Apr 11, 2024 7:45:08 GMT -5 Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation White lost a queen, but my position was difficult, so I had to give the value of a rook back in order to get counter play.[Event "Rated classical game"][Site "https://lichess.org/wYpcyLCW"][Date "2024.04.11"][White "Jaison-2011"][Black "Radrook"][Result "0-1"][UTCDate "2024.04.11"][UTCTime "11:52:47"][WhiteElo "1812"][BlackElo "1856"][WhiteRatingDiff "-7"][BlackRatingDiff "+6"][Variant "Standard"][TimeControl "1800+0"][ECO "C41"][Opening "Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation"][Termination "Normal"][Annotator "lichess.org"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 { C41 Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation } Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Be3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. f4 c5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. e6 Nf6 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Bc4+ Kf8 16. Qf3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 c6 18. Re1 g6 19. Bh6+ Ke8 20. Rxf6 Qd4+ 21. Rf2 Qxc4 22. Rfe2 Ra7 23. Bg5 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Kf7 25. Bd2 Bd6 26. Ne4 Rd7 27. Bc3 Rb8 28. Rd2 Rbd8 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Rf2 Be7 31. Nf3 Rd1+ 32. Ne1 c4 33. Kf1 Bc5 34. Rf3 Rf8 35. Ke2 Rxf3 36. Nxf3 Rd8 37. Ne5 Re8 38. Kf3 Rf8+ 39. Kg3 Bf2+ 40. Kh3 c5 41. Nxc4 Bd4 42. Ba5 h5 43. c3 Bf2 44. Bc7 g5 45. g3 Kh7 46. Bd6 Rf6 47. Be7 Rg6 48. Kg2 Be1 49. Bd8 Kh6 50. Kf1 Re6 51. Bb6 h4 52. gxh4 Bxh4 53. Bxc5 Re1+ 54. Kg2 Re2+ 55. Kh3 Kh5 { White resigns. } 0-lichess.org/wYpcyLCW/black#0