Wednesday, August 2, 2023

2 PCG Games 8/1/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sajo1972 (Chess.com 1826) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 8/1/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qd5 Qxf8 15.O-O-O Nf6 16.Qc5 Bg4 17.Rd2 e3 18.Qxf8+ Rxf8 19.fxe3 Ne4


20.h3 Nxd2 21.Kxd2 Be6 22.a3 Rf2+ 23.Kc3 Bf5 24.Bd3 Bxd3 25.Kxd3 Rxg2 26.b4 Ne7 27.Rf1 Kg7 28.c4 Ra2 29.Rc1 Rxa3+ 30.Ke4 Ra2 31.b5 Rh2 32.Ke5 Rxh3 33.Rg1+ Ng6+ 34.Ke4 Kf6 35.Rf1+ Ke7


36.Rf5 Rh4+ 37.Kd5 Ke8 38.c5 Ne7+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

FeMaKe (lichess 2297) - JimWest (lichess 2193), lichess 8/1/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.a4 Bg4 7.d4 Qc7 8.c3 Nf6 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Re1 O-O-O 11.a5 a6 12.Qb3 h6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 g5 15.Be6 Kb8 16.Nh2 h5 17.f3 Be7 18.Ra4 Nf8 19.Bf5 Rg8


20.Rb4 Ng6 21.Rb6 Ka7 22.Rd1 Nh4 23.Be6 Rg7 24.Bd2 g4 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Nxg4 Nxg4 27.Bxg4 Rh8 28.Be1 Ng6 29.Bf2 Bh4 30.Qc4 Bg3 31.Bxg3 fxg3 32.Bh3 Nf4 33.dxe5 Nxh3+ 34.gxh3 dxe5 35.Kg2 Rd7


36.Qc5 Ka8 37.Rxd7 Qxd7 38.Qxe5 Qxh3+ 39.Kg1 Qh1#.