Thursday, August 31, 2023

2 PCG Games 8/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Baur971 (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1913), Chess.com 8/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nf7 Rh7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.g3 g5 12.Qd3 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7 14.Rd1 Be7 15.b3 Na6 16.Bb2 Be6 17.Ne2 Rd8


18.Qc3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 fxg3 20.hxg3 Nxe4 21.Qf3+ Nf6 22.c4 Bg4 23.Qd3 Nc5 24.Qc2 Ncd7 25.Kg2 e4 26.Rd2 Bf3+ 27.Kf1 Bb4 28.Nc3 e3 29.Rd4 Bc5 30.Rd3 Ne5 31.Ne2 Nxd3 32.Bxf6 Bxe2+ 33.Kxe2 exf2 34.Qxd3 Kxf6


35.Qf3+ Kg7 36.Qc3+ Kg8 37.b4 Qe7+ 38.Kf1 Qe1+ 39.Qxe1 fxe1=Q+ 40.Kxe1 Bxb4+ 41.Ke2 Kf7 42.g4 Ke6 43.Kf3 Ke5 44.Ke3 a5 45.a4 c5 46.Kf3 Kd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

abwzahr691 (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2079), lichess 8/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 c6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 h6 8.Nh2 Nf6 9.d4 e4 10.f3 d5 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Be5 Nbd7 13.fxe4 Bxe4 14.Bf3 Qb6 15.Rf2 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Kg2 Nxe5


19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.cxd4 Nd3 21.Rd2 Nf4+ 22.Kh1 Nxh3 23.Nc3 Bd6 24.Rf1 Rf4 25.Ne2 Rh4 26.Kg2 Nf4+ 27.Nxf4 Bxf4 28.Kh1 Bxd2 29.Rf2 Bf4 30.Rg2 Re8 31.Kg1 Bxh2+ 32.Rxh2 Rxh2 33.Kxh2 Re2+ 34.Kg3 Rxb2


35.Kf4 Kf7 36.Ke5 Ke7 37.f4 Rxa2 38.f5 Re2+ 39.Kf4 Re4+ 40.Kg3 Rxd4 41.Kh3 Kf6, White resigns.