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Topic: Using the Philidor and winning in the endgame

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razoman

This maybe the first time I used the Philidor as black.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 h6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Be2 Be7 10. f4 Ned7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 c6 13. Rf3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rd3 c4 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxc4 b5 19. Bd3 Bc5+ 20. Kf1 Ng4 21. Ke2 Nxh2 22. a3 Ng4 23. Kf3 Nf2 24. Ke2 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Bd4 26. Rc1 a6 27. g4 c5 28. Rc2 Re8 29. Nd5 c4 30. Nc7 Re7 31. Nxa6 cxd3+ 32. Kxd3 Rd7 33. Ke2 Re7 34. Kf3 g5 35. f5 Kg7 36. Nb4 Rd7 37. Rd2 Rd6 38. Nd5 Be5 39. Rc2 Rd7 40. b3 f6 41. Ke2 h5 42. gxh5 Kh6 43. Kd3 Kxh5 44. Ke2 g4 45. Rd2 Rd6 46. a4 bxa4 47. bxa4 Kg5 48. a5 Ra6 49. Ra2 Kh4 50. Nb4 Ra8 51. a6 Bd4 52. Kd3 Bc5 53. Nd5 Kg5 54. Kc4 Ba7 55. Kb5 g3 56. Kc6 Rh8 57. Kb7 Bf2 58. a7 g2 59. Ra1 Bxa7 60. Kxa7 Rh1 61. Rg1 Rxg1 62. Ne3 Ra1+ 0-1

whyBish

Well played. The Kings bishop has a hard time finding a spot in the Philidor defence. I think that 15 Qxd8 would have been better as 15 Rd1 but it still looked pretty even that way.