Thursday, February 22, 2024

2 PCG Games 2/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Renzissimo (Chess.com 2006) - JimWest (Chess.com 1945), Chess.com 2/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bxe6+ Nxe6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nc4 Bxf4+ 15.Kb1 f5 16.g3 Bg5 17.h4 Bf6 18.Nd5 Rad8 19.Rhf1 c6


20.Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.Na5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rf7 23.Nc4 Rg7 24.Nd6 Rxg3 25.Nxf5 Rf3 26.Nd6 e3 27.Re1 e2 28.Kc1 b6 29.Rxe2 Nf8 30.Nc8 Rf7 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nxc6 Ng6 33.h5 Nf4 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Ne5 Rc7 36.h6+ Kxh6


37.Rg8 Ng6 38.Nf3 Rf7 39.Nd4 Kh5 40.Kd2 h6 41.Ke3 Ne7 42.Rg2 Nf5+ 43.Nxf5 Rxf5 44.Rg7 a5 45.a4 Rf6 46.c3 Rg6 47.Rb7 Kg4 48.b4 axb4 49.cxb4 h5 50.a5 bxa5 51.bxa5 Ra6 52.Rb5 h4 53.Kf2 h3


54.Rb4+ Kf5 55.Rh4 Kg6 56.Ra4 Kf6 57.Kg3 Ke6 58.Kxh3 Kd5 59.Rh4 Kc5 60.Kg3 Rxa5 61.Rh5+ Kb6 62.Rxa5 Kxa5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Olzii2021 (lichess 2067) - JimWest (lichess 2149), lichess 2/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.a4 f4 8.b4 Nc6 9.b5 Nb8 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 g6 13.Qg4 Qd7 14.Nd5 Qxg4 15.hxg4 Kd8 16.Rxh7 Nd7 17.Ke2 Bg7 18.g5 c6 19.bxc6 bxc6


20.Nf6 Bxf6 21.gxf6 Nxf6 22.Rf7 Nd7 23.Bc3 a5 24.Rb1 Nc5 25.Rb6 Nxa4 26.Rxc6 Nxc3+ 27.Rxc3 Ra6 28.Rcc7 Rf8 29.Rg7 Rg8 30.Rxg8+ Kxc7 31.Rxg6 a4 32.Rh6 a3 33.Rh1 a2 34.Ra1 Kc6 35.Kd2 d5 36.f3 dxe4 37.fxe4 Kc5


38.Kc3 Ra8 39.Kd2 Kb4 40.Kc1 Kc3 41.g3 fxg3 42.Kd1 g2 43.Ke2, White resigns.