Saturday, July 16, 2022

2 PCG Games 7/15/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

dj-omla (Chess.com 1619) - JimWest (Chess.com 1797), Chess.com 7/15/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.c3 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nd2 O-O-O 13.a4 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.a5 g5 16.b4 h5 17.b5 g4 18.hxg4 hxg4 19.Be6+ Kb8


20.Bxg4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Rh4 22.Qe6 Rdh8 23.Kf1 R8h6 24.Qg8+ Bd8 25.bxc6 Rh8 26.Qc4 Qc8 27.Reb1 Rh1+ 28.Ke2 Qg4+ 29.Nf3 Rxb1 30.Rxb1 b6 31.axb6 Bxb6 32.Qf7 Qc8 33.d5 Rg8 34.Qe7 Rxg2 35.Qxd6+ Ka8


36.Rxb6 axb6 37.Kf1 Qh3 38.Ke2 Rxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Qg3+ 40.Ke2 Qg2+ 41.Ke1 Qxf3 42.Qxe5 Qe3+ 43.Kd1 f3 44.Qd4 Qe2+ 45.Kc1 f2 46.Qh8+ Ka7  47.Qg7+ Ka6


48.Qf7 f1=Q+ 49.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 50.Kd2 Qc4 51.Ke3 Qxc3+ 52.Kf4 Qf6+ 53.Ke3 b5 54.c7 Kb7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Gagik53 (Chess.com 1688) - Jim West (Chess.com 1803), Chess.com 7/15/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxe4 Nxd4 15.c3 Bf5


16.Qf4 Bg5 17.Rxd4 Bxf4+ 18.Rxf4 Qg5 19.g3 Kxh8 20.h4 Qe7 21.b3 Qe1+ 22.Kb2 Bd7 23.Bg2 Qd2+ 24.Ka3 Bc6 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.Rc4 Qxf2 27.Rxc6 Qf3 28.Rxc7 Qxh1 29.Rc4 a5 30.h5 Qxh5 31.g4 Qg5


32.Ka4 Rb8 33.a3 Qb5#.