Thursday, July 20, 2023

2 PCG Games 7/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

spastikatenpredikat (Chess.com 1829) - JimWest (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 7/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Be2 d5 8.O-O Bd6 9.f3 O-O 10.fxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Nd2 Bg6 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.b3 c6 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Qc7 17.Bd2 Rae8 18.Rae1 Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Nf6


20.c4 Ng4 21.h3 Bh2+ 22.Kf1 Nh6 23.Be3 Bg3 24.Bf2 Nf5 25.Bxg3 Nxg3+ 26.Kg1 Ne4 27.Ne5 Nf6 28.Rf1 Qe7 29.cxd5 Nxd5 30.Rxf8+ Qxf8 31.Qf3 Qxf3 32.Nxf3 h6 33.Ne5 Nc3 34.a4 Ne2+ 35.Kf2 Nxd4


36.b4 a6 37.Nd3 Ne6 38.a5 Kf7 39.Ke3 Ke7 40.Nc5 Nd8 41.Ke4 Kf6 42.Kf4 h5 43.g4 g5+ 44.Ke4 h4 45.Kd4 Ne6+ 46.Nxe6 Kxe6 47.Ke4 Kf6 48.Kd4 Ke6 49.Kc5 Kd7 50.Kb6 Kc8 51.Ka7 Kc7


52.Ka8 b6 53.Ka7 bxa5 54.bxa5 c5 55.Kxa6 Kc6 56.Ka7 c4 57.a6 Kc7 58.Ka8 c3 59.a7 c2, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MONreale (lichess 2146) - JimWest (lichess 2218), lichess 7/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qxg5 9.Qxd5 Ne7 10.Qxe4 Nbc6 11.Bc4 Bf5 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.O-O Nd4 14.Bxd4 Rxd4 15.c3 Re4 16.Be6+ Kb8 17.Qc2 Rxe5 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.Qd2 Nc6


20.Rad1 a6 21.Qd7 Qxd7 22.Rxd7 Re7 23.Rfd1 Rxd7 24.Rxd7 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.f4 g6 27.g4 c5 28.Kf2 Kc7 29.Ke3 Kd6 30.Ke4 Ke6 31.f5+ gxf5+ 32.gxf5+ Kf6 33.h4 c4 34.b3 cxb3 35.axb3 Nc6 36.b4 Ne7 37.h5 Nxf5


38.Kd5 h6 39.Kc5 Ke6 40.c4 Kd7 41.Kb6 Kc8 42.c5 Nd4 43.Ka5 Kc7 44.b5 Nxb5, White resigns.