Sunday, September 10, 2023

2 PCG Games 9/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Benji3752 (Chess.com 1868) - JimWest (Chess.com 1929), Chess.com 9/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Nh4 fxe4 10.dxe4 Nc5 11.f3 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nf5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Ne2 c5 17.O-O-O O-O 18.g4 Qd7 10.b3 b5


20.g5 Be7 21.axb5 Qxb5 22.f4 a4 23.Qd3 Qxd3 24.Rxd3 axb3 25.Rxb3 Ra1+ 26.Rb1 Rxb1+ 27.Kxb1 Ra8 28.h4 g6 29.h5 Bf8 30.h6 Ra3 31.c3 dxc3 32.f5 gxf5 33.exf5 d5 34.g6 d4


35.Nf4 Rb3+ 36.Ka1 c2 37.g7 Rb1+ 38.Rxb1 cxb1=Q+ 39.Kxb1 Bxg7 40.hxg7 Kxg7 41.Ne6+ Kf6 42.Nxc5 Kxf5 43.Kc2 h5 44.Kd2 h4 45.Ke2 Kf4 46.Kf2 h3 47.Ne6+ Ke5 48.Nxd4 Kxd4 49.Kg3 Ke3 50.Kxh3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Rka_Khawlhring (lichess 2091) - JimWest (lichess 2125), lichess 9/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Nc6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qd6 12.Bb5 Qxe6 13.Bxc6+ Qxc6 14.Qe2 O-O 15.O-O-O a5 16.h4 b5 17.h5 h6 18.g4 Nh7 19.Bd2 Qf6


20.Rdf1 Ng5 21.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 22.Kb1 c6 23.Rhg1 Rf3 24.Rg3 Raf8 25.Rxf3 Rxf3 26.Qe1 a4 27.Qa5 e3 28.Qa8+ Kh7 29.Qxc6 e2 30.Re1 Rxf2 31.Qxb5 Qd2 32.Rxe2 Rxe2, White resigns.