Friday, March 22, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

itsliterallyfree (Chess.com 1747) - JimWest (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 3/21/2024

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.f3 c6 11.fxe4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Bd3 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 Qf6 15.Qe2 Bf5 16.Bb2 Nd7 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Re8


20.Qf3 Qxf3 21.gxf3 Re2 22.Rf1 Rxc2 23.Rf2 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 Be6 25.a3 Kf7 26.Ke3 Kf6 27.Bc1 Bd5 28.Kf2 Kf5 29.Kg3 h5 30.h4 b5 31.Bf4 a5 32.Bd6 a4 33.Bf8 g6 34.Bd6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

OO2_DMA (lichess 2236) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 3/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.Be2 Bxe6 11.Nxh8 Qxg5 12.f3 Nf6 13.Qd2 e3 14.Qd3 Nc6 15.g3 O-O-O 16.a3 Rxh8


17.b4 Bb6 18.b5 Ne5 19.Qe4 Nxe4, White resigns.