Sunday, August 20, 2023

2 PCG Games 8/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

TomaszTeodor (Chess.com 1749) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 8/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Be2 Qe8 12.Ng4 Nxg4 13.Bxg4 Nf6 14.Be2 Qg6 15.h4 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 c6


19.Qd2 Re8+ 20.Kf2 Bg4 21.Rae1 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rxe1 23.Qxe1 Rf8 24.Qe3 Qf5 25.Qd3 b5 26.h5 a5 27.Qxf5 Rxf5 28.Kg3 a4 29.Kg4 Rg5+ 30.Kf4 Rg2 31.Rc1 Rh2 32.Kg4 Kf7 33.f4 Kf6 


34.f5 Rg2+ 35.Kh3 Rf2 36.Kg4 Rxf5 37.Re1 Rg5+ 38.Kh4 Rg2 39.Rf1+ Ke6 40.Re1+ Kf7 41.Rf1+ Kg8 42.Rc1 Re2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dong0819 (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 8/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Bc4+ d5 12.Bb3 Nxd4 13.Nc3 Nxb3 14.axb3 c6 15.Re1 a6 16.Nf3 Qc7 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.f3 Rae8


19.fxe4 Ng4 20.g3 Nxh2 21.Qd3 dxe4 22.Nxe4 Ng4 23.Rf1 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Rxe4 25.Qc4+ Be6 26.Qc3 Rxd4, White resigns.