Thursday, March 7, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/6/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Erkapocchia (Chess.com 1791) - JimWest (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 3/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Nc3 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.O-O-O Ke8 9.Bc4 Nc6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Rhe1 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Ke7 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.Nd2 Be6 15.Bxe6 Kxe6 16.Ne4 Rad8 17.g4 h5 18.h3 hxg4 19.hxg4 Rh2


20.Rd2 Rg2 21.f3 Rxd2 22.Kxd2 Nd4 23.Re3 Rh8 24.c3 Rh2+ 25.Kd3 Nc2 26.Re2 Rxe2 27.Kxe2 d5 28.Nc5+ Kd6 29.Nxb7+ Kc6 30.Nd8+ Kd7 31.Nf7 Ke6 32.Nh6 d4 33.Kd2 Ne3 34.cxd4 exd4 35.Kd3 Ke5


36.Nf5 Nxf5 37.gxf5 Kxf5 38.Kxd4 Kf4 39.Kd5 Kxf3 40.Ke6 Ke4 41.Kxf6 Kd3 42.Ke6 Kc2 43.b4 Kb2 44.Kd5 Kxa2 45.Kc5 Ka3 46.Kb5 Kb3 47.Ka5 a6 48.Kxa6 Kxb4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ama-Spieler (lichess 2061) - JimWest (lichess 2130), lichess 3/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.d4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re2 e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.c3 Bg4 16.f3 exf3 17.Bxf3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Rxf3


19.Rxe7 Rxg3+ 20.hxg3 Qxe7 21.Bf4 Re8 22.Be5 Nb8 23.Qg4 Nd7 24.Re1 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 Qf7 26.Qe2 Rxe5 27.Qxe5 h6 28.Kg2 Kh7 29.Qb8 Qe7 30.Kf2 h5 31.Qc8 g6


32.b3 Kg7 33.Qa8 h4 34.gxh4 Qxh4+ 35.Kg2 Qe4+ 36.Kh3 Qf3+ 37.Kh2 Qe2+ 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kg3 Qd3+ 41.Kg4 Qxc3 42.Qxb7+ Kh6 43.Qb6 Qd2 44.Qc5 Qd1+ 45.Kf4 g5+ 46.Kf5 Qf3+ 47.Ke6 Kg6


48.Kd7 Qf6 49.Kc7 g4 50.Qc2+ Kg5 51.Qe2 Qxd4 52.Kxc6 Qc3+ 53.Kd6 Qxb3 54.Qe7+ Kh5 55.Qh7+ Kg5 56.Qe7+ Kf4 57.Qf6+ Kg3 58.Qe5+ Kg2 59.Qe2+ Kg3 60.Qe1+ Kf3 61.Qf1+ Kg3 62.Qg1+ Kh4


63.Qd4 Qg3+ 64.Kxd5 Qf3+ 65.Kc5 Kg3 66.Qg1+ Kf4 67.Kb5 g3 68.Qc1+ Qe3 69.Qf1+ Kg4 70.Qd1+ Qf3 71.Qd7+ Kh4 72.Qd4+ Kh3 73.Qh8+, White resigns.