Friday, April 12, 2024

2 PCG Games 4/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

sarathporps (Chess.com 1821) - JimWest (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 4/11/2024

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.a3 O-O-O 12.Qe2 h5 13.b4 g5 14.g3 g4 15.Bh1 f3 16.Qe3 Kb8 17.Bb2 Bh6 18.Qd3 Nb6


19.Nd5 cxd5 20.exd5 Rxd5 21.Qe4 Ne7 22.c4 Rd4 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Rad1 Bg7 25.Rfe1 Nbc8 26.c5 Rd8 27.b5 Nd5 28.Qd3 Nc3 29.Ra1 h4


30.a4 hxg3 31.hxg3 Rh8 32.Bxf3 Qxf3 33.Qxf3 gxf3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

LLLCCC (lichess 2115) - JimWest (lichess 2106), lichess 4/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nh2 c6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.b3 d5 11.Ng4 Nxg4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.Qxg4 Rf6 14.Qe2 Bd6 15.Nf3 Qc7 16.Kh1 Re8 17.Bd2 h6 18.Rae1 Rfe6 19.a4 Nf6


20.Qd1 R6e7 21.Nh4 Rf7 22.Nf5 Bf8 23.Re2 Nd7 24.Nh4 Rf6 25.Rfe1 g5 26.Nf3 Bd6 27.Nh2 Rg6 28.Ng4 Nf6 29.Nxf6+ Rxf6 30.Bc3 Rfe6 31.d4 e4 32.Bd2 Bf4 33.f3 Bg3 34.Rf1 exf3 35.Rxe6 fxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rxe6


37.Qf3 Bf4 38.Bxf4 Qxf4 39.Qxf4 gxf4 40.Rxf4 Re2+ 41.Rf2 Rxf2+ 42.Kxf2 Kf7 43.Kf3 Kf6 44.Kf4 a5 45.h4 b6 46.c3 b5 47.Kg4 bxa4 48.bxa4 Kg6 49.h5+ Kf6 50.Kf4 Ke6 51.Kg4 Kf6 52.Kf4 Ke6 53.Kg4 Kf6, draw.