Thursday, March 28, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

pramod037 (Chess.com 1789) - JimWest (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 3/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.a4 Bg4 11.b3 Nd7 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 O-O-O 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.a5 g5 16.a6 b5 17.Raa1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 g4


19.Kh1 gxf3 20.Qxf3 Rd2 21.Rac1 Qd7 22.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Qg4 24.Qxg4+ Nxg4 25.Rd2 Nf6 26.f3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Kxd8 28.Nd1 Kc7 29.c4 bxc4 30.bxc4 Kb6 31.Nb2 Kxa6


32.Nd3 Nd7 33.Kg2 Kb6 34.Kh3 a5 35.Kh4 a4 36.Kg5 a3 37.Nc1 Kc5 38.Kh6 Kxc4 39.Kxh7 Kc3 40.Na2+ Kb2 41.Nb4 a2 42.Nxa2 Kxa2 43.h4 c5 44.h5 Nf6+ 45.Kg6 Nxh5


46.Kf5 c4 47.Kxe5 c3 48.Kf5 c2 49.e5 c1=Q 50.e6 Ng7+ 51.Kf6 Nxe6 52.Kxe6 Qe3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Scorp3P (lichess 1978) - JimWest (lichess 2108), lichess 3/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.O-O Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.c3 Bg7 14.f3 Bf5 15.Bg5 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qxd4+ 17.Kh1 Qxb2 18.Nd2 Rd8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6


20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.fxe4 Rg8 22.Qf2 Qxf2 23.Rxf2 Bxa1 24.Rf7 Re8 25.Rf4 Be5 26.Rf5 Bd6 27.g4 Rxe4, White resigns.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1918) - KingBamzz (Chess.com 1762), Chess.com 3/26/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.f4 e5 5.c3 a6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd7 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Ne5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nf6 13.Bg5 Qe7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qxf6 Qxf6 16.Rxf6 O-O 17.Nd2 Kg7 18.Raf1 Rae8


19.g4 h6 20.h4 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.R6f5 f6 23.R1f2 Kg6 24.e5 dxe5 25.dxe5 Re6 26.Rxf6+ Rfxf6 27.Rxf6+ Rxf6 28.exf6 Kxf6 29.Ne4+ Kg6 30.Nc5 b6 31.Nxa6 c6 32.Mb8 c5 33.Nd7 Kf7 34.Nxb6 Ke6


35.c4 Ke5 36.b3 Kf4 37.Nd7 Kxg4 38.Nxc5 Kf5 39.Kg2 Ke5 40.Kg3 Kd6 41.Ne4+ Kc6 42.Nxg5 Kc5 43.Ne4+ Kb6 44.Kf4 Kc6 45.Ke5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ro56 (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 3/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O c6 10.Bf4 h6 11.Nf7 Qe7 12.Na4 Bxe6 13.Ne5 Bf7 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.c4 Nbd7 16.b4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rc1 Rff8


20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Qe6 22.Qb3 Rab8 23.Qa4 a6 24.Rb1 Rfc8 25.Qd4 Rc6 26.Rfc1 Kh8 27.Rc3 Qe7 28.h3 Rbc8 29.Rbc1 Qe6 30.a4 R8c7 31.a5 h5 32.Kh2 g6 33.Rg3 Kh7 34.Rg5 Qe7 35.Re5 Qf8


36.f3 Rxc5 37.Rf1 Rc2 38.Bd1 R2c4 39.Qb6 R4c6 40.Qd4 Qd6 41.fxe4 Nxe4 42.Qxd5 Qxd5 43.Rxd5 Nc3 44.Re5 Nxd1 45.Rxd1 Rc5 46.Rdd5 Rxd5 47.Rxd5 Kh6 48.h4 Rc4 49.g3 Rb4 50.Rd7 Rb5 51.Kh3 Rxa5 52.Rxb7 Ra4


53.Kg2 Ra3 54.Kh2 a5 55.Kg2 a4 56.Ra7 Ra2+ 57.Kh3 a3 58.g4 hxg4+ 59.Kxg4 Ra1 60.Kh3 a2 61.Kg2 Kh5 62.Ra4 Rb1 63.Rxa2 Kxh4 64.Ra4+ Kh5 65.Re4 g5 66.Ra4 g4 67.Ra8 Rb2+ 68.Kg3 Rb3+ 69.Kg2 Rb5 70.Kg3 Rb3+ 71.Kg2 Kg5


72.Rg8+ Kf4 73.Rf8+ Ke5 74.Re8+ Kf6 75.Rg8 Rb4 76.Kg3 Kf5 77.Rf8+ Kg5 78.Rg8+ Kh5 79.Rh8+ Kg6 80.Rg8+ Kf7 81.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 82.Kxg4, draw.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

metodija11 (Chess.com 1733) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 3/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nd5 Rf8 11.O-O-O Ke8 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nd4 15.Rd3 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Rxf3 18.Be3 Kf7 19.h4 a6


20.Rg1 h5 21.c4 b6 22.b4 a5 23.c5 axb4 24.Kc2 bxc5 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Rxf2+ 27.Kb3 Rf3+ 28.Kxb4 Rb8+ 29.Kc4 Rxb2 30.Rxc7+ Kf6 31.Rc6+ Kf5


32.Rg5+ Ke4 33.Re6 Rc2+ 34.Kb4 Rb2+ 35.Kc4 Rc2+ 36.Kb4 Rb2+ 37.Kc4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Silvain_Ikazaki (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2122), lichess 3/25/2024

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.e4 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.a4 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Na6 10.Re1 Ng4 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.h3 fxe4 14.dxe4 Nf6 15.b3 Ne6 16.Be3 Nd4 17.Qd1 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Qc7 19.Bg2 Be6


20.Kh2 Rad8 21.f4 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Qe2 Bxg2 25.Qxg2 exf4 26.Bxf4 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.Re2 Rfe8 29.Rae1 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Qd2 31.Kg1 Qxe2 32.Rxe2 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Kf7


34.Ke3 Rd7 35.c3 Re7+ 36.Kf3 Rxe2 37.Kxe2 Ke6 38.Ke3 Ke5 39.b4 b6 40.Kd3 h5 41.bxa5 bxa5 42.Kc4 Kd6 43.Kd4 c5+ 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.c4 g5 46.h4 g4 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Ke4 Ke6, draw.

Monday, March 25, 2024

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1908) - 511980 (Chess.com 1879), Chess.com 3/24/2024

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 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh3 12.c3 Be7 13.Bf1 Qe6 14.Bg2 O-O 15.O-O f6 16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Qe2 Rxf1+ 18.Bxf1 Bd6 19.Bg2 Re8


20.Bxe4 Qxe4 21.Qxe4 Rxe4 22.Nd2 Re1+ 23.Kf2 Rd1 24.Ke2 Rh1 25.Nf1 h5 26.Bg5 Be7 27.Bxe7 Nxe7 28.Kf2 Nf5 29.Kg2 Rxf1 30.Kxf1 Ne3+ 31.Ke2 Nc4 32.b3 Nd6


33.Rf1 g6 34.Kd3 Kg7 35.c4 dxc4+ 36.bxc4 c6 37.c5 Nf5 38.Rb1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2120) - VZ87 (lichess 2096), lichess 3/24/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.e5 Nh5 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 Bg4 10.d4 f6


11.Qd3 h6 12.Rxh6 gxh6 13.Qg6+ Kh8 14.Qxh6+ Kg8 15.Qg6+ Kh8, Black resigns.

Sunday, March 24, 2024

2 PCG Reversed Games 3/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1905) - rajeshbabu448 (Chess.com 1782), Chess.com 3/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 b6 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Bb7 12.Kh1 Bc5 13.b4 Bd6 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Nbd2 Rc8 16.a4 c5 17.b5 Ng4 18.Bg1 Nf6 19.Rad1 Qc7


20.Bc4 Rcd8 21.Rfe1 Nc8 22.h3 Be7 23.g4 Nh7 24.Bh2 Bf6 25.Nf1 Ng5 26.Nxg5 Bxg5 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Ne7 29.Bxe5 Qb7 30.c4 Nc8 31.Nh2 Nd6 32.Bxd6 Rxd6 33.Nf3 Bf6 34.Re4 Rdd8 35.Rde1 Qc7 36.Qh2 Qd7


37.Ne5 Bxe5 38.Rxe5 Rfe8 39.Qe2 Kf8 40.Rxe8+ Rxe8 41.Qxe8+ Qxe8 42.Rxe8+ Kxe8 43.Kg2 Ke7 44.Kf3 Kd6 45.Kf4 f6 46.h4 Kd7 47.g5 hxg5+ 48.hxg5 Kd6 49.gxf6 gxf6


50.Kf3 Ke5 51.Kg4 Kd6 52.Kh5 Kd7 53.Kg6 Ke7 54.Kg7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2107) - LavNik57 (lichess 2101), lichess 3/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.Be2 h6 10.Qc2 a5 11.O-O-O a4 12.d4 Bb6 13.Nc4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Nxb6 cxb6 16.e5 Nh7 17.a3 b5 18.Be2 b4


19.cxb4 Nxb4 20.Qd2 Nc6 21.Kb1 Ng5 22.Bxg5, Black forfeits.

Saturday, March 23, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1867) - dayandmoon (Chess.com 1880), Chess.com 3/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 g5 7.h4 Be7 8.hxg5 Bxg5 9.g3 Ne3 10.Bxe3 fxe3 11.d4 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Qd3 h6 15.Nc3 Na6 16.a3 Nc7 17.Nd1 Ne6 18.Nxe3 Qb6


19.Nf5 Qxb2 20.O-O Qb6 21.Rfb1 Qc7 22.Rxb7 Qa5 23.Nd6+ Kd8 24.Nxf7+ Kc8 25.Nd6+ Kd8 26.Bg4 Nc5 27.dxc5 Qxc5+ 28.Kg2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ShashasHemanaev (lichess 2096) - JimWest (lichess 2117), lichess 3/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Be2 Bxf5 9.O-O Bd6 10.f3 O-O 11.fxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nc3 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 Qh4


15.Be3 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bg3+ 17.Kg1 Qh2#.

Friday, March 22, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

itsliterallyfree (Chess.com 1747) - JimWest (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 3/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.f3 c6 11.fxe4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Bd3 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 Qf6 15.Qe2 Bf5 16.Bb2 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Re8


20.Qf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Re2 22.Rf1 Rxc2 23.Rf2 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Be6 25.a3 Kf7 26.Ke3 Kf6 27.Bc1 Bd5 28.Kf2 Kf5 29.Kg3 h5 30.h4 b5 31.Bf4 a5 32.Bd6 a4 33.Bf8 g6 34.Bd6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

OO2_DMA (lichess 2236) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/21/2024

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.Be2 Bxe6 11.Nxh8 Qxg5 12.f3 Nf6 13.Qd2 e3 14.Qd3 Nc6 15.g3 O-O-O 16.a3 Rxh8


17.b4 Bb6 18.b5 Ne5 19.Qe4 Nxe4, White resigns.

Thursday, March 21, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

rajneeshchess (Chess.com 1744) - JimWest (Chess.com 1846), Chess.com 3/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.a3 Nd7 10.b4 O-O-O 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.b5 Ne7 13.bxc6 Nxc6 14.Nd5 Qh6 15.c3 Nf6 16.Rb1 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Bc7 18.Bxc6 Qxc6


19.Bd2 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rd6 30.c4 Qd7 31.Rfd1 Rg6+ 32.Kh1 Qh3 33.Rg1 Rd8 34.Bb4 a5 35.Be7 Rd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kushwahak (lichess 1994) - JimWest (lichess 2104), lichess 3/20/2024

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.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bg5+ Ke8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Be2 Nge7 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Rxc3 Bg4 18.Rd1 Rad8


19.h3 Rxd1 20.Bxd1 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rf8 22.Ke2 Nd4+ 23.Ke3 Nxf3 24.gxf3 Ke6 25.f4 g6 26.Rd3 b6 27.Ke4 a5 28.a4 Rf5 29.Rd8 Rh5 30.Rd8+ Kd7 31.Rf8 Rxh3 32.Rf7+ Kc6 33.e6 Kd6 34.e7 Kd7


35.Ke5 Re3+ 36.Kf6 Re6+ 37.Kg7 Rxe7 38.Rxe7+ Kxe7 39.Kxh7 Kf6 40.Kh6 Kf5 41.Kg7 Kxf4 42.Kxg6 Ke5 43.Kf7 Kd4 44.Ke6 Kxc4, White resigns.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

sarathporps (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 3/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.f4 Kh8 13.Be3 exf4 14.Bxf4 h6 15.Nf3 d4 16.Nh4 Kh7 17.Bd2 dxc3 18.Bxc3 Ng4


19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Rxf5 Qb6+ 21.d4 Ne3 22.Qd3 Nxf5 23.Rf1 Ncxd4 24.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 25.Qxd4 Nxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2103) - situbondo1 (lichess 2110), lichess 3/19/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Bg4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Ng5 14.O-O Nxe5 15.f4 Nxd3 16.fxg5 Nxb2 17.Rab1 Na4 18.Rxb7 O-O


19.Nxf5 Rf7 20.Ng3 Re7 21.Nf5 Rf7 22.Ng3 Re7 23.Nf5 Rf7, draw.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

maki_rio (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 3/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.f3 Qa5 12.Qe3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 b5 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Bh4 Nxc3 17.Re1 Nxa2+ 18.Kb2 Nb4 19.Be7 Nxc2


20.Kxc2 Rf2+ 21.Re2 Rxe2+ 22.Bxe2 Bf5+ 23.Bd3 Bxd3+ 24.Kxd3 Na6 25.Nxc6 Re8 26.Ra1 Nb8 27.Nxb8 Rxe7 28.Nc6 Rf7 29.Ra2 a6 30.Nb4 a5 31.Nxd5 a4 32.Kc3 Rf1 33.Rb2 a3 34.Ra2 Rc1+ 35.Kd2 Rg1


36.Ke3 Re1+ 37.Kd2 Rg1 38.Kc3 Rc1+ 39.Kb3 Rd1 40.Kxa3 Rxd4 41.Nc7 b4+ 42.Kb3 h5 43.Na6 g5 44.Nxb4 Rh4 45.h3 g4 46.hxg4 Rxg4 47.Rf2 h4 48.Nd5 Rg3+ 49.Kc2 h3 50.gxh3 Rxh3


51.Kd2 Kg7 52.Ne3 Rh5 53.Kd3 Ra5 54.Ke4 Ra4+ 55.Ke5 Ra5+ 56.Nd5 Kg6 57.Rg2+ Kf7 58.Rh2 Kg6 59.Rg2+ Kf7 60.Rf2+ Kg6 61.Rf6+ Kg5 62.Rf1 Kg6 63.Rf6+ Kg5 64.Rd6 Kg4 65.Rg6+ Kf3 66.Rg1 Kf2 67.Rg8 Kf3


68.Rf8+ Kg4 69.Ke4 Ra4+ 70.Kd3 Ra3+ 71.Kc4 Ra4+ 72.Kb3 Ra1 73.Ne3+ Kg3 74.Kb2 Ra7 75.Nf1+ Kg4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

F3Hamij (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 3/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.a4 O-O-O 14.a5 a6 15.Rfd1 Kb8


16.Be6 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Qe2 Qd6 20.Bc4 Qc7, White forfeits.