Thursday, April 4, 2024

2 PCG Games 4/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

MightyJoe001 (Chess.com 1874) - JimWest (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 4/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nb3 c6 7.Be2 a5 8.c4 a4 9.Nd4 Bc5 10.O-O Ne7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bg5 Nbc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Nxa4 Ba7 16.Qc1 Qc7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qxc6 Bb7


19.Qd6 Qxd6 20.exd6 Rfd8 21.Nc3 Rxd6 22.Nb5 Rf6 23.Nxa7 Rxa7 24.Rfd1 Ra8 25.Rd4 Raf8 26.Rf1 Ra8 27.a3 Rb6


28.Rb1 Rxa3 29.Bg4 Rab3 30.h3 Kf7 31.Rd2 g6 32.Bd1 R3b4 33.Rc2 Kf6 34.Kh2 h5 35.Rd2 Ke5 36.b3 d4 37.Ra2 Bd5 38.h4 d3 39.Kg3 Kd4 40.Kf4 Bxb3 41.Bxb3 Rxb3


42.Ra4+ Kc3 43.Rxb3+ Rxb3 44.Kxe4 d2 45.Ra1 Kc2 46.Ra2+ Rb2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ekaterinaivanova (lichess 2045) - JimWest (lichess 2092), lichess 4/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.O-O Kf8 11.Be3 Bd6 12.f3 Kg8 13.fxe4 dxe4 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.Nc3 Qe8 16.Nb5 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Bb6 18.a4 a6 19.Nd4 Kxh8


20.Nxe6 Qxe6 21.a5 Ba7 22.b3 Re8 23.Bc4 Qd6 24.Qxd6 cxd6 25.Rad1 Bb8 26.h3 h6 27.Bf4 Ne5 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.b4 d5 30.Be2 e3


31.Bf3 e2 32.Bxe2 Rxe2 33.Rxd5 Nxd5 34.Rf8+ Kh7 35.Rxb8 Nxb4 36.Rxb7 Nxc2 37.Rb6 Ne3 38.g4 Ra2 39.Rxa6 Nc4 40.Rc6 Nxa5 41.Ra6 Ra1+ 42.Kg2 Nb3


43.Rd6 Nc5 44.h4 Ne4 45.Re6 Nf6 46.g5 hxg5 47.hxg5 Nh5 48.Kf3 g6 49.Re7+ Ng7 50.Kg4 Ra4+ 51.Kh3 Kg8 52.Rb7 Nf5 53.Rb8+ Kf7 54.Rb7+ Ne7 55.Rb6 Rf4 56.Ra6 Rf5 57.Kg4 Nd5 58.Ra7+ Kg8 59.Ra8+ Rf8 60.Ra6 Kg7, White forfeits.