Thursday, August 1, 2024

2 PCG Games 7/31/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

RashkaGavno (Chess.com 1767) - JimWest (Chess.com 1895), Chess.com 7/31/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.Be2 Bf8 13.Qd2 Bg7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.f3 exf3 16.Nxf3 Qf4 17.Qxf4 Rxf4 18.Rhf1 Bg4


19.Ne5 Rxf1 20.Rxf1 Bxe2 21.Nxe2 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Nd7 23.e6 Nc5 24.Nd4 Re8 25.Rf7 Nxe6 26.Nxe6 Kxf7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

samarth5218 (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2087), lichess 7/31/2024

1.e4 e5 2,Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.exf5 e4 7.Nh4 Nxf5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Ng7 10.Qh4 Qxh4 11.Nxh4 O-O 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.f3 Nc6 14.c3 exf3 15.Nxf3 Re8+ 16.Kf2 Na5 17.Nbd2 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Bg4


19.Ng5 Re2+ 20.Kg3 h5 21.Rhe1 Nf5+ 22.Kf4 Rxg2 23.h3 Rf2+ 24.Ke4 Re8+ 25.Ne5 dxe5 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.Nf7+ Kg7 28.Nxe5 Nd6+ 29.Ke3 Rxb2 30.Kd3 Rg2 31.Rg1 Rxg1 32.Rxg1 Kf6 33.Rxg4 Nf7


34.Rg6+ Ke7 35.Rg7 Rf8 36.Ng6+ Kf6 37.Nxf8 Kxg7 38.Ne6+ Kf6 39.Nxc7 Nd6 40.c4 b6 41.Nb5 Nc8 42.c5 bxc5 43.dxc5 Ke6 44.Kd4 Kd7 45.Kd5 Ne7+ 46.Kc4 Nc8 47.a4 Kc6 48.Nd4+ Kb7 49.Nb5 Kc6 50.a5 a6 51.Nd4+ Kc7


52.c6 Nd6+ 53.Kd5 Nc8 54.Ne6+ Kb8 55.c7+ Kb7 56.Kc5 Na7 57.Kd6 Nb5+ 58.Kd7 Nxc7 59.Nxc7 Ka7 60.Kc6 Kb8 61.Nxa6+ Ka7 62.Nc5 Kb8 63.a6 Ka7 64.Kb5 Kb8 65.Kb6 Ka8 66.Kb5 Ka7


67.Kc6 Ka8 68.Na4 Ka7 69.Kb5 Ka8 70.Nb6+ Ka7 71.Ka5 Kb8 72.a7+ Kxa7, draw.