Wednesday, February 16, 2022

2 PCG Games 2/15/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

caz83 (Chess.com 1658) - JimWest (Chess.com 1809), Chess.com 2/15/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.d5 cxd5 9.Bd5 Bg4 10.Qd3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Qd3 a6 13.Bd2 Rc8 14.Rac1 Nb6 15.a4 Nbxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qf7 18.Qxf7+ Kxf7


19.c4 b6 20.Rfd1 a5 21.b4 axb4 22.Bxb4 Ke6 23.f3 Be7 24.a5 bxa5 25.Bxa5 Rc6 26.Rd5 Rhc8 27.g3 fxg3 28.hxg3 Rxc4 29.Rxc4 Rxc4 30.Kf2 Rc5 31.Rxc5 dxc5 32.Ke2 Kd6 33.Kd3 Kc6 34.Kc4 h5 35.Be1 g5


36.Bf2 h4 37.g4 h3 38.Bg3 Bd6 39.Bh2 Bb8 40.Bg3 Kb6 41.Bh2 Bd6 42.Bg3 Ka5 43.Bh2 Ka4 44.Bg3 Ka3 45.Kc3 Ka2 46.Kc4 Kb2 47.Kd5 Kb3 48.Kxd6 c4 49.Kxe5 c3 50.Kf5 c2 51.e5 c1=Q


52.e6 Qe3 53.Be5 Qxe5+ 54.Kxe5 h2 55.e7 h1=Q 56.e8=Q Qe1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Volkanov_Sergey (lichess 2226) - JimWest (lichess 2213), lichess 2/15/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bb4 10.Qa4 Bxc3 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Qxc6+ Bd7 13.Qxc3 Ne7 14.O-O O-O 15.f3 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Bb5 17.Re1 Rac8 18.Qb3 exf3 19.Nxf3 Bc4


20.Qxb6 axb6 21.b3 Bd3 22.Ba3 Rfe8 23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Nd4 Be4 25.e6 Rc3 26.Rac1 Rec7 27.Rxc3 Rxc3 28.Nb5 Rc2 29.Rg1 Kf8 30.Rf1+ Ke7 31.Rf7+ Kxe6 32.Nd4+ Kxf7 33.Nxc2 Bxc2, White resigns.