Saturday, August 19, 2023

2 PCG Games 8/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

danish2312 (Chess.com 1914) - JimWest (Chess.com 1891), Chess.com 8/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.c4 Qe8 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.f4 h6 16.Bh4 Nb6 17.Qd2 Be6 18.f5 Bc8 19.a4 Nbd7


20.Bb5 a6 21.Bxd7 Bxd7 22.Qb4 b5 23.Nxd7 Qxd7 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.axb5 Rb8 26.c4 axb5 27.cxb5 Rxb5 28.Qa4 Rb7 29.Qxd7 Rxd7 30.Ra8+ Rf8 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Rc1 Kf7


33.g4 g6 34.fxg6+ Kxg6 35.h4 Rd6 36.Kg2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jerrylorry (lichess 2098) - JimWest (lichess 2108), lichess 8/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Nc3 b5 8.Bb3 a5 9.a4 b4 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Bc4 fxe4 13.dxe4 Nxe4 14.Qe3 Nf6 15.O-O-O Qc7 16.h3 d5 17.Bb3 e4 18.Nd4 O-O 19.Nf4 Nf5


20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.g4 Bxg4 22.hxg4 Nxg4 23.Ne6 Nxe3 24.Nxc7 Nxd1 25.Nxa8 Nxf2 26.Rf1 Nd3+ 27.Kd2 Rxf1 28.cxd3 exd3 29.Kxd3 Rf3+ 30.Kc2 Rf2+ 31.Kc1 h5 32.Nc7 h4, White resigns.