Saturday, September 30, 2023

2 PCG Games 9/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

itsmeroberto (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 1882), Chess.com 9/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.O-O Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Kh8 14.h3 h6 15.Nf3 d4 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 18.Kh1 Nd5 19.Bd2 Ne3


20.Qh5 Nxf1 21.Rxf1 Qf6 22.Bd5 Be6 23.Bxb7 Rab8 24.Qf3 Qf7 25.Bb4 Rg8 26.Bc6 Rbc8 27.Bd6 Rgd8 28.Be5 Bd5 29.Bxd5 Rxd5 30.d4 Rf8 31.c4 Rxe5 32.dxe5 Qxc4 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.Rxf4 g5 35.Ra4 Re8 36.Ra5 Re7


37.Kg1 f4 38.Kf2 Kg7 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Ke4 Rb7 41.Kf5 Rc7 42.h4 gxh4 43.Kxf4 Rc4+ 44.Kf5 Rc2 45.Rxa7+ Ke8 46.Ke6 Rc6+ 47.Kf5 Rc2 48.Rg7 Kf8 49.Rg4 Kf7 50.Rxh4 Rxg2 51.Rxh6 Rf2+ 52.Ke4 Re2+ 53.Kd4 Rd2+ 54.Ke3 Rd5 55.Ke4 Ra5


56.Rf6+ Ke7 57.Rf3 Ke6 58.Rf6+ Ke7 59.Kf5 Rxa3 60.Re6+ Kf7 61.Rb6 Rf3+ 62.Ke4 Rf1 53.Kd5 Rd1+ 64.Kc4 Rc1+ 65.Kd3 Rd1+ 66.Ke3 Re1+ 67.Kf4 Rf1+ 68.Ke3 Re1+ 69.Kd4 Rd1+ 70.Kc4 Rc1+ 71.Kd5 Rd1+ 72.Kc5 Rc1+ 73.Kd6 Rd1+ 74.Kc7 Ke7


75.Rd6 Rc1+ 76.Kb6 Rb1+ 77.Kc5 Rc1+ 78.Kb5 Re1 79.Kc6 Rxe5 80.Rd7+ Ke6 81.Rd8 Ra5 82.Re8+ Kf7 83.Re1 Rf5 84.Kd6 Kf6 85.Re8 Ra5 86.Rf8+ Kg7 87.Rf1 Ra6+ 88.Ke7 Ra7+ 89.Ke6 Ra6+ 90.Ke7 Ra7+ 91.Ke6 Ra6+ 92.Ke7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Yan51 (lichess 2140) - JimWest (lichess 2149), lichess 9/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bxf5 10.O-O-O Be6 11.Be2 O-O 12.a3 h6 13.Bh4 Nc6 14.Rhe1 Rae8 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Ne4 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Bg4 19.Nxd6 cxd6


20.Rxd6 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rxf3 22.Re2 Ref8 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Rdd2 e4 25.Kd1 e3 26.Rxe3 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Rxf2 28.Re8+ Rf8 29.Re7 Rf7 30.Re6 Rc7 31.c4 Kf7 32.Rd6 Ke7 33.c5 Rd7 34.Rxd7+ Kxd7 35.Ke2 Ke6 36.Kd3 Kd5 37.b4 a5


38.bxa5 Kxc5 39.a6 Kb6 40.Kc4 Kxa6 41.Kc5 Kb7 42.a4 h5 43.a5 g5 44.a6+ Kxa6 45.Kxc6 h4 46.gxh4 gxh4, White resigns.