Sunday, August 27, 2023

2 PCG Games 8/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Gilad1223 (Chess.com 1806) - JimWest (Chess.com 1896), Chess.com 8/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Kf8 11.Nc3 c6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 Kg8 14.Ng6 hxg6 15.Qe1 Nbd7 16.Qg3 Nf8 17.a3 b5 18.Na2 a5


19.Rad1 d4 20.Nc1 dxe3 21.Qxe3 Bf5 22.h3 Nd5 23.Qg3 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 Ne6 25.Bg4 Ne3 26.Bxf5 gxf5 27.Nb3 Nxf1 28.Nxc5 Nxg3+ 29.Kh2 Nxc5 30.Kxg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rksinha52 (lichess 2010) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 8/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.d5 Nb8 5.Nf3 f5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.O-O Be7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Re1 Bg4 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Re3 Nd7 14.Qd3 Bf5 15.Qe2 h6 16.a3 Nf6 17.Ng3 Bg4


18.h3 Bxf3 19.gcf3 Qd7 20.Kh2 Nh7 21.Rxe5 Bf6 22.Re6 Ng5 23.Re1 Be5 24.Qd3 Nxf3+ 25.Kh1 Nxe1 26.Qg6 Bxg3 27.fxg3 Qf7 28.Qxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxe1 Kf8 30.Kg1 Re8


31.Rd1 Re3 32.Rd3 Re1+ 33.Kg2 Re2+ 34.Kg1 Rxc2 35.Bb3 Rxb2 36.g4 Rff2 37.Bd1 Rfd2 38.Rxd2 Rxd2 39.Bf3 Ra2 40.h4 Rxa3 41.Kf2 Rxf3+ 42.Kxf3 a5 43.Ke3 b5 44.Kd4 Ke7


45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 Kf7 47.Ke4 Kg6 48.Kf4 a4, White resigns.