Thursday, March 14, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/13/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ABCD_edwin (Chess.com 1768) - JimWest (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 3/13/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Ng5 Rf8 10.Nb5 fxe4 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.f3 exf3 13.Rxf3 h6 14.Nh3 Nd4 15.Rf2 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Rc8 17.Bb3 Nxb3 18.axb3 a6 19.Be3 Ke7


20.Raf1 Nd7 21.c3 Rxf2 22.Rxf2 Rf8 23.b4 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Nf6 25.Kf3 b5 26.h4 Ke6 27.h3 h5 28.b3 d5 29.Bc5 Ne4 30.Bf8 g6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

justinegallaza (lichess 2126) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 3/13/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Nd5 c6 8.Nc3 b5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 g6 12.f4 Bg7 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.O-O Qe7 15.Nce4 O-O-O 16.a4 Ne6 17.Qh3 Nf5 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Nxe6 Qxe6


20.Bg5 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Rd4 22.Nc3 h6 23.Bc1 Rh4 24.Qf3 Kb8 25.Nd5 Qd4 26.c3 Qe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Ra6 Rd8 29.Nb4 Rxb4 30.cxb4 Ne7 31.Re6 Nc8 32.h3 g5 33.Rf7 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rxc1 35.Rxg7 Rc7 36.Rxc7 Kxc7


37.Rxe5 Kd6 38.Re8 Ne7 39.Rh8 Nf5 40.g4 Nd4 41.Rxh6+ Kc7 42.Rg6 Nc6 43.Rxg5 Nxb4 44.Rxb5 Nd3 45.h4 Kc6 46.Rb3 Ne5 47.Kh3 a5 48.h5 a4


49.h6 axb3 50.h7 Nf7 51.Kh4 Kd5 52.Kh5 Ke6 53.Kg6 Nh8+ 54.Kg7 Nf7 55.h8=Q Nxh8 56.Kxh8 Kf6 57.Kg8 Kg5 58.Kf7 Kxg4 59.Ke6 Kf3 60.Kd5 Ke3 61.Kc4 Ke4 62.Kxb3 Kd5 63.Kb4 Kc6 64.b3 Kb6


65.Kc4 Kc6 66.Kb4 Kb6 67.Kc4 Kc6 68.b4 Kb6 69.b5 Kb7 70.Kc5 Kc7 71.b6+ Kb7 72.Kb5 Kb8 73.Kc6 Kc8 74.Kb5 Kb7 75.Ka5 Kb8 76.Ka6 Ka8 77.Kb5 Kb7 78.Kc5 Kb8 79.Kd6 Kb7 80.Kc5 Kb8 81.Kc6 Kc8 82.Kb5 Kb7, draw.