Saturday, August 26, 2023

2 PCG Games 8/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

dragansplit (Chess.com 1934) - JimWest (Chess.com 1901), Chess.com 8/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.d5 Nb8 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.Ne4 Nf6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 O-O 12.Ng5 Nfd7 13.Qh5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Nf6 15.Qe2 Nbd7 16.O-O Nb6 17.Bb3 a5 18.c4 h6 19.Bh4 a4


20.Bc2 Qe8 21.b3 a3 22.f4 Nbd7 23.fxe5 Qxe5 24.Qxe5 Nxe5 25.Rae1 Rae8 26.g4 g5 27.Bg3 Nfd7 28.Kg2 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 Rf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.Be1 c5 32.dxc6 Nxc6 33.Be4 Nc5 34.Bxc6 bxc6 35.Bb4 Ne4 36.Bxa3 c5


37.Bb2 Kf7 38.Kf3 Nd2+ 39.Ke2 Ne4 40.Ke3 Ng3 41.Kf3 Nf1 42.Kf2 Nd2 43.Ke3 Nf1+ 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.Bc3 h5 46.a4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Nh2 48.a5 Kd7 49.Kf5 Nf3 50.Bf6 Nd2 51.Kxg5 Nxb3 52.a6 Kc6 53.Be7 Nd2


54.a7 Kb7 55.a8=Q+ Kxa8 56.Bxd6 Ne4+ 57.Kh6 Nxd6 58.g5 Nf7+ 59.Kg6 Nxg5 60.Kxg5 Kb7 61.Kf5 Kc6 62.Ke5 Kb6 63.Kd6 Kb7 64.Kxc5 Kc7 65.Kd5 Kd7 66.c5 Kc7 67.c6 Kc8 68.Kc5 Kc7


69.Kb5 Kc8 70.Kb6 Kb8 71.c7+ Kc8 72.Ka5 Kxc7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Vladimir163 (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 8/25/2023

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.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh6 12.Nxh8 Bb4+ 13.c3 Qxh8 14.cxb4 Qf8 15.h4 Kg7 16.h5 Qxb4+ 17.Kd1 Bg4+ 18.f3 Nbd7 19.Qg5+ Kh8


20.h6 Rg8 21.Bxg8 Qxd4+ 22.Ke1 Qb4+ 23.Kf1 Qf8 24.Qg7+ Qxg7 25.hxg7+ Kxf8 26.fxg4 Nxg4 27.Ke2 Kxg7 28.Rac1 c6 29.Rh4 Ngf6 30.Rc4 h5 31.Rcxe4 Nxe4 32.Rxe4 Kf7 33.Rh4 Nf6


34.Rb4 b6 35.Ra4 a5 36.b4 axb4 37.Rxb4 b5 38.g3 Ke6 39.Rh4 c5 40.Kd3 Kd5 41.Rh1 c4+ 42.Kc2 b4 43.Rf1 Ke5 44.Rf4 b3+ 45.axb3 cxb3+ 46.Kxb3 Ne4 47.Rh4 Nxg3 48.Rh3 Kf4 49.Rxh5 Nxh5, draw.