Tuesday, March 26, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

metodija11 (Chess.com 1733) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 3/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nd5 Rf8 11.O-O-O Ke8 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nd4 15.Rd3 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 Nxd5 17.Rxd5 Rxf3 18.Be3 Kf7 19.h4 a6


20.Rg1 h5 21.c4 b6 22.b4 a5 23.c5 axb4 24.Kc2 bxc5 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.Rxc5 Rxf2+ 27.Kb3 Rf3+ 28.Kxb4 Rb8+ 29.Kc4 Rxb2 30.Rxc7+ Kf6 31.Rc6+ Kf5


32.Rg5+ Ke4 33.Re6 Rc2+ 34.Kb4 Rb2+ 35.Kc4 Rc2+ 36.Kb4 Rb2+ 37.Kc4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Silvain_Ikazaki (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2122), lichess 3/25/2024

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.e4 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.a4 a5 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Na6 10.Re1 Ng4 11.Bd2 Qb6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.h3 fxe4 14.dxe4 Nf6 15.b3 Ne6 16.Be3 Nd4 17.Qd1 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Qc7 19.Bg2 Be6


20.Kh2 Rad8 21.f4 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Qe2 Bxg2 25.Qxg2 exf4 26.Bxf4 Bd6 27.Bxd6 Qxd6 28.Re2 Rfe8 29.Rae1 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Qd2 31.Kg1 Qxe2 32.Rxe2 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 Kf7


34.Ke3 Rd7 35.c3 Re7+ 36.Kf3 Rxe2 37.Kxe2 Ke6 38.Ke3 Ke5 39.b4 b6 40.Kd3 h5 41.bxa5 bxa5 42.Kc4 Kd6 43.Kd4 c5+ 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.c4 g5 46.h4 g4 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Ke4 Ke6, draw.