Friday, February 2, 2024

2 PCG Games 2/1/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

vidyabalanbhumi (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 2/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb3 h6 7.Nh4 g5 8.Ng6 Rh7 9.Nxf8 Kxf8 10.exf5 Bxf5


11.Qf3 Bg4 12.Qh3 Bxh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

avsh0202 (lichess 2115) - JimWest (lichess 2165), lichess 2/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Be2 d5 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nb5 O-O 10.Nxd6 Qxd6 11.c4 c6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nb3 Nbd7 14.Bg5 b6 15.Rc1 Rac8 16.Ba6 Rxc1 17.Nxc1 h6 18.Bh4 Nb8 19.Bb5 Qb4


20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.Nxb3 Bd7 23.Bxd7 Nxd7 24.Rc1 Nf8 25.Rc8 Kh7 26.Rc7 a5 27.Kf1 a4 28.Nc1 Ne6 29.Rd7 Nf4 30.Ra7 Rc6 31.Ne2 Nxe2 32.Kxe2 Rc2+ 33.Ke1 b5 34.Rd7 Rxb2 35.Rxd5 b4 36.Rb5 b3


37.axb3 axb3 38.d5 Kg6 39.d6 Kf7 40.Re5 Rb1+ 41.Kd2 b2 42.Kc2 Rd1 43.Kxb2 Rxd6 44.Rxe4 Rd2+ 45.Kc3 Rxf2 46.Rg4 Kf6 47.Kd3 h5 48.Rg3 g5 49.Ke3 Ra2 50.Rf3+ Kf6 51.Rf2 Rxf2 52.Kxf2 Kf5


53.h3 h4 54.Kf3 g4+ 55.hxg4+ Kg5 56.Kf2 Kxg4 57.Kg1 Kg3 58.Kh1 h3 59.gxh3 Kxh3, draw.