Monday, October 30, 2023

2 PCG Games 10/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Papaflessas (Chess.com 1881) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 10/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.a4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.h3 h6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Ne4 d5 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Ba2 O-O 14.c3 Kh8 15.Nh2 Rae8


16.Qh5 Bh7 17.Ng4 Bd8 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Nxh6 Nf6 20.Qd1 Qg7 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Bb6 23.d4 e4 24.Re3 Rf4 25.f3 Ref8 26.Bb1 exf3 27.Bxh7 f2+ 28.Kf1 Kxh7 29.Qd3+ Kg8 30.g5 Rh4 31.Rh3 Rxh3 32.Qxh3 Qxg5


33.Qe6+ Kg7 34.Rd1 Qf5 35.Qe7+ Rf7 36.Qh4 Bc7 37.g4 Qg6 38.Kg2 f1=Q+ 39.Rxf1 Rxf1 40.Kxf1 Qf6+ 41.Qxf6+ Kxf6 42.Kf2 Kg5 43.Kf3 a5 44.b3 Bd6 45.c4 Kh4 46.c5 Bc7 47.Ke2 Kxg4


48.Kd3 Kf3 49.Kd2 Ke4 50.Kc3 Ke3 51.b4 axb4+ 52.Kxb4 Kxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Karkas01 (lichess 2109) - JimWest (lichess 2147), lichess 10/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Be2 O-O 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nh7 12.h4 c6 13.O-O d5 14.f4 Qb6+ 15.Kg2 exf4 16.Bxf4 Qxb2


17.Na4 Qb4 18.c3 Qa5 19.Qb3 b5 20.Nb2 Nc5 21.Qc2 Ne6 22.Be5 Rxf1 23.Bxf1 Rf8 24.Kg3 Qd8 25.d4 Bd6 26.Qxg6 Nf4 27.Qxd6 Nh5+ 28.Kg4 Qe8 29.Bd3 Rf2


30.Bg6 N5f6+ 31.gxf6 Qxg6+ 32.Kh3 Qg2#.