Monday, July 3, 2023

2 PCG Games 7/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

juanjose22 (Chess.com 1839) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 7/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.a3 Nc5 9.Ba2 fxe4 10.dxe4 Ncxe4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qb6 15.b4 d5 16.O-O O-O 17.Rfe1 Bd6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Qe2 Kh8


20.Rad1 a6 21.a4 Rae8 22.a5 e4 23.Bd4 Be5 24.Bb6 Qb8 25.Qc2 Nd7 26.Be3 Bf4 27.Bd4 Ne5 28.Bc5 Rf6


29.Bxd5 cxd5 30.Rxd5 Nd3 31.Bd4 Nxe1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

vladi_2007 (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2129), lichess 7/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Nd2 d5 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.f3 Bb4 9.fxe4 Bxe4 10.Qb5+ Nc6 11.Qxb7 Nxd4 12.Ndxe4 fxe4 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Ba4 Rb8 15.Qa6 Qd6 16.Qxd6+ cxd6 17.Be3 Nf5 18.Bg5 Rhc8


19.O-O Bxc3 20.bxc3 Ke6 21.Bb3+ d5 22.Rae1 Nd6 23.Rd1 Nc4 24.Kf2 Ng4+ 25.Ke2 h6 26.h3 Nge5 27.Be3 a5 28.Bd4 Rf8 29.Bxc4 dxc4 30.a4 Rxf1 31.Rxf1 Rb2 32.Kd2 g5


33.Bb6, White resigns.