C41 Philidor Defense: Philidor Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bd7)

The game I am sharing today was played in a team match called Royal > 1799. It was played between The Not Wanteds and ☼ The Farm ☼ on three boards. I played on board 2 for The Not Wanteds in this small team match and I was only able to get a draw in my other game against T48 in addition to the loss below. We lost this match with a score of 1.5 - 4.5. My Online Chess rating at Chess.com continues to decline almost everyday, in a month it has dropped about 100 points. Before that I was able to maintain my rating with relative ease above 1900. During about the same time period my rating at Red Hot Pawn has gone up again, though not as much as my rating has dropped at Chess.com. Well, at least the amount of games I have in progress has also declined despite the fact that more games have started again recently. The increase is partly due to the fact that next round started in one of the tournaments where I was able to advance to the next round. And partly because I joined a few more team matches. I have currently 79 games in progress. I might get the game load down to around 50 by the end of next month or that is the plan anyway. It all depends on the willingness of the players to continue some games. I think I have three games in progress at Red Hot Pawn that are continuing on even though the result of the games should be clear to both players.

[Event "Royal > 1799 - Board 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.06.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "T48"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "1884"] [BlackElo "2034"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bd7 {C41 Philidor Defense: Philidor Gambit} (3... a6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bc4 Qf6 6. Bg5 Qg6 7. dxe5 h6 8. Bh4 b5 9. exd6 bxc4 10. Ne5 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Qxh2 12. Bg3 Qh3 13. Qd4 Qe6 14. O-O-O Bxd6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qxg7 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxd6 {Adamson,R (2315) -Timberlake,B Lansing 1995 0-1 (57)}) 4. Bc4 (4. dxe5 Nc6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qe7 8. Bd3 O-O-O 9. Qe2 Ne5 10. O-O-O h6 11. Be3 Kb8 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qd2 a6 14. f3 Be6 15. Kb1 Bd4 16. Rhe1 g5 17. Ne2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd6 {Savage,N (1705)-Dhanwani,A Caleta 2017 0-1 (33)}) 4... h6 5. O-O $146 (5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nh4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qxh4 10. Qf3 f6 11. c3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. Nxg3 O-O-O 14. a4 Rh7 15. b4 d5 16. Bd3 e4 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Bd6 19. b5 axb5 {Van Os,B-Corporaal,R Rijswijk 2000 1-0 (46)}) 5... Qe7 6. Nc3 {Nd5 is the strong threat.} Nf6 7. Re1 c6 { 1.49/22} (7... Nc6 $142 {1.01/27}) 8. a4 {0.85/24} (8. Bf4 $142 {1.49/22} exf4 9. e5) 8... Bg4 $16 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. h3 Be6 {1.31/24} (10... Bh5 $142 {0.87/26}) 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qd3 exd4 13. Nxd4 {0.32/27} (13. Qxd4 $16 {1.01/22} a6 14. Rad1) 13... Ne5 $14 14. Qe2 g5 15. Reb1 {-0.18/26} (15. Nf3 $14 {0.33/24}) 15... Kd7 {0.89/24} (15... Bg7 $11 {-0.18/26}) 16. b4 Qh7 {1.62/23} (16... Qg7 $16 {0.90/25}) 17. Bd2 {0.59/26} (17. Nf3 $18 {1.62/23}) 17... Be7 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Raf8 {1.33/23} (19... Rhf8 $1 $14 {0.50/25}) 20. Qd3 {0.43/27} ( {Better is} 20. Qe3 $16 {1.33/23}) 20... g4 21. h4 Nh5 22. g3 {-0.80/25} (22. Qd4 $14 {0.60/25 stays ahead.}) 22... Qg7 {0.00/27} (22... Qf7 $6 23. Qe3 $11) (22... Nxg3 $1 $17 {-0.80/25} 23. fxg3 (23. Qxg3 Rf3 $15) 23... Rf3) 23. Be3 Rf3 24. Ne2 $1 e5 {0.75/26} (24... Bf6 $11 {-0.30/26 keeps the balance.} 25. Rd1 Be5) 25. c4 $2 {-2.35/25} (25. b5 $16 {0.75/26 and life is bright. Strongly threatening bxc6+.} c5 26. Qd5) 25... b6 $4 {2.53/22} (25... Nf4 $1 $19 {-2.35/25 and all is fine.} 26. Qc2 (26. Nxf4 $2 exf4 27. Bd4 Rxd3 $19) ( 26. gxf4 $2 g3 $19) 26... Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Rhf8) 26. c5 Nf4 27. Qd2 $2 {0.02/26} ( 27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Qd4 (28. gxf4 g3 $17) 28... Qxd4 $15) (27. gxf4 g3 $11) (27. Qa6 $1 $18 {1.94/20} Nh3+ 28. Kg2) 27... Nh3+ $11 28. Kg2 Rhf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qh7.} (28... bxc5 $2 29. bxc5 Qg6 30. Rb7+ Ke8 31. cxd6 $18) 29. Rf1 $1 {Black must now prevent Ng1.} Kc7 $2 {5.40/21} ({Reject} 29... bxc5 $6 30. bxc5 Qg6 31. cxd6 $16) (29... Qg6 $1 $14 {0.33/23} 30. Nc3 bxc5 31. bxc5 Nf4+ $1 32. Kg1 Bxh4) 30. cxb6+ $18 axb6 31. Ng1 Nxg1 32. Rxg1 $2 {0.67/28} ({ White should play} 32. a5 $18 {3.42/24} Rxe3 33. Qxe3) 32... Qg6 $1 $14 { [#] aiming for ...Bxh4!} 33. Qc2 {-0.31/26} (33. Qe2 $1 $14 {0.61/27}) 33... d5 $36 {Black is more active.} 34. Rgf1 $2 {-2.89/25} (34. a5 $11 {-0.23/29 and White has nothing to worry.} b5 35. h5 Qxh5 36. Rh1) 34... d4 $19 ({Weaker is} 34... Bxb4 35. Qb1 $17) 35. Bc1 $2 {-4.71/25} (35. Bd2 {-2.92/28} Qf6 36. Be1) 35... Rc3 36. Qb1 $2 {-9.28/25} (36. Qe2 {-3.66/28} Bxb4 37. Ra2) 36... Bxh4 $1 37. gxh4 Rcf3 {Hoping for ...g3.} 38. Ra3 Qf6 {Black mates.} 39. Rxf3 gxf3+ 40. Kh3 Qe6+ 41. Kh2 Qg4 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 43%.} 0-1