Monday, February 19, 2024

2 PCG Games 2/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Pedro_Taberner (Chess.com 1853) - JimWest (Chess.com 1939), Chess.com 2/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ng4 Be7 12.Ne5 Be6 13.f3 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.fxe4 dxe4 16.Kh1 Rad8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 


18.Nxe4 Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.c3 Bf6 21.Nxf6+ Rxf6 22.Rxf6 gxf6 23.b3 Rd2 24.Bf3 Bd5 25.Bxd5+ cxd5 26.h3 Kf7 27.a4 Rc2


28.Rd1 Rxc3 29.Rxd5 Rxb3 30.Rd7+ Kg6 31.Rd4 a5 32.Rd5 b6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Abdo_124 (lichess 2100) - JimWest (lichess 2149), lichess 2/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Bxf5 8.O-O h6 9.Nh3 Bd6 10.Nf4 Bxf4 11.Bxf4 O-O 12.Be5 c6 13.Nc3 Kh8 14.Ne2 Nbd7 15.f4 exf3 16.Rxf3 Bg4 17.Re3 Qb6

18.Qd2 Bxe2 19.Rxe2 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Rae8 21.Rae1 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Ne4 23.Qe3 Qa6 24.c4 dxc4 25.Bc2 Nf6 26.Re6 Qxa2 27.Rxf6 Qa1+ 28.Kf2 Rxf6+ 29.Kg3 Qf1


30.Qe8+ Rf8 31.Qg6 Qf2+ 32.Kh3 Qe3+ 33.g3 Kg8 34.Qh7+ Kf7 35.Qg6+ Kg8 36.Qh7+ Kf7 37.Qg6+ Kg8, draw.