Monday, February 26, 2024

2 PCG Games 2/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Chris98765 (Chess.com 1845) - JimWest (Chess.com 1924), Chess.com 2/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.c4 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.a3 Be6 16.b4 Qd7 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Rfd1 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Rad8


20.Rd2 Bg4 21.Rad1 Bxe2 22.Rxe2 Ng4 23.Qc3 Rc8 24.Bc5 Rf7 25.f3 exf3 26.gxf3 Nf6 27.Qd4 Qh3 28.Qe5 h6 29.Rh2 Qd7 30.Bd4 Re8 31.Qf4 Kg8


32.Qd2 Qd6 33.Rg2 Nh7 34.Qf2 Ng5 35.f4 Nh3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Fares1984 (lichess 2071) - JimWest (lichess 2104), lichess 2/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 f5 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bh6 a5 13.h3 f4 14.g3 fxg3 15.fxg3 b4 16.Nd1 Be6 17.g4 Nd7 18.Nf3 Bf8 19.Bg5 Qc7


20.Bd2 Bg7 21.Bxb4 O-O 22.Bd2 h6 23.O-O Nc5 24.b4 axb4 25.Bxb4 Rxa1, White resigns.