Saturday, March 16, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessCT1 (Chess.com 1850) - JimWest (Chess.com 1833), Chess.com 3/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 4.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Bh5+ g6 9.Be2 c6 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 h6 13.Nh3 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Nbd7 15.Rg1 Qe7 16.Qd2 O-O-O 17.O-O-O g5 18.Kb1 Kb8 19.Bb4 Qe6


20.Rg3 Nf8 21.Rb3 e3 22.fxe3 Ne4 23.Qe1 Qxh3 24.Ba5 Rd7 25.Qg1 h5 26.c4 Qe6 27.cxd5 Qxd5 28.Bb4 Ne6 29.Bd3 g4 30.Ka1 N6g5 31.Bxe4 Nxe4


32.Qf1 Rf7 33.Qg1 Rf3 34.Bc5 Nxc5 35.dxc5 Qxc5 36.Qe1 Rhf8 37.Qh4 Rf1 38.Rbd3 Qc1+ 39.Rxc1 Rxc1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MTSavaghebi (lichess 2117) - JimWest (lichess 2101), lichess 3/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Re1 O-O-O 12.Qe2 h5 13.g3 g5 14.g4 hxg4 15.Bxg4 Nh6 16.f3 Nxg4 17.fxg4 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 f3


19.Qf1 f2 20.Re2 Qf3+ 21.Qg2 f1=Q#.