Sunday, April 7, 2024

2 PCG Games 4/6/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vinayakghate1950 (Chess.com 1868) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 4/6/2024

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.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bh6 Re8 12.O-O c6 13.Na4 Bf8 14.Qd2 Nbd7 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.c4 Qe7 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Qg5 Re8 19.Bb5 a6


20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.Qxe7 Rxe7 22.Ng4 b5 23.Nc3 Nb6 24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.Nfxd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Rf7 27.Rfe1 Bb7 28.Nc3 Raf8 29.Re2 b4 30.Na4 a5 31.Nc5 Bd5 32.b3 Re7 33.h3 Rfe8 34.Re3 Ba8


35.a3 Rd8 36.axb4 axb4 37.Ra4 Rxd4 38.Rxa8 Rd1+ 39.Kh2 Rd2 40.Kg3 h5 41.h4 g5 42.hxg5 h4+ 43.Kxh4 Rxf2 44.Rxe4 Rxe4+ 45.Nxe4 Rf4+ 46.g4 Rxe4 47.Rb8 Kg6 48.Rb6+ Kg7 49.g6 Kh6 50.Rc6 Rd4


51.Kg3 Rd3+ 52.Kf4 Rxb3 53.g5+ Kg7 54.Kf4 Ra3 55.Rc7+ Kg8 56.Rb7 Rf3+ 57.Kg4 Rb3 58.g7 Rc3 59.Kf5 Rc5+ 60.Kg6 Rc6+ 61.Kh5 b3 62.g6 Rc1


63.Rxb3 Kxg7 64.Rb7+ Kg8 65.Kh6 Rh1+ 66.Kg5 Rg1+ 67.Kf6 Rf1+ 68.Ke6 Re1+ 69.Kf5 Rf1+ 70.Ke4 Rf6 71.Ke5 Rxg6 72.Kf5 Ra6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

honkoe008 (lichess 2034) - JimWest (lichess 2073), lichess 4/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.g3 d5 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nc3 c6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ne2 Nbd7 13.c3 Qc7 14.Nf4 Rae8


15.Be3 Ng4 16.Ne2 Nxe3 17.Nxe3 Be6 18.Qd2 Nf6 19.h3 Qd7 20.Rad1 Bxh3 21.Bxh3 Qxh3 22.Nf1 Ng4 23.Nc1 Rxf2 24.Re2 Qg2#.