Thursday, August 15, 2024

2 PCG Games 8/14/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

jaquechess22 (Chess.com 1799) - JimWest (Chess.com 1969), Chess.com 8/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.a4 Bg4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qb1 Bxf3 11.gxf3 a5 12.Qa2 Qe7 13.Kh1 Na6 14.Rad1 Nb4 15.Qb1 O-O-O 16.Ne2 d5 17.exd5 cxd5 18.Bb5 Qc7 19.c3 Nc6 


20.d4 Rhe8 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Nd4 Re7 23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Bxd4 25.cxd4 g6 26.Rc1 Kb8 27.Qc2 Rc8 28.Qc5 Qf7 29.Qb6 Qc7 30.Qc5 Qf7 31.Re1 Na7


32.Qe7 Qxe7 33.Rxe7 Nxb5 34.axb5 b6 35.Rd7 Rc2 36.Rxd5 Rxb2 37.Rd7 a4 38.d5 a3 39.Rd8+ Kc7 40.Ra8 a2 41.Kg2 Kd6 42.Ra6 Kxd5 43.Ra3 Kc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Yanis_Andrei (lichess 2237) - JimWest (lichess 2182), lichess 8/14/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.gxf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 h6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 c6 10.Ne4 Nbd7 11.Nh2 d5 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.Ng4 Bxg4 14.Bxg4 Re8 15.Bh5 Re7 16.Qg4 Kh8 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5


20.Rxe5 Bxe5 21.d4 Bf6 22.c3 Qe7 23.Rf1 Rf8 24.Kh1 Bg5 25.Rxf8+ Qxf8 26.Qe2 Qe7 27.Qxe7 Bxe7 28.Bg4 b6 29.Bd7 c5 30.Bc6 cxd4 31.cxd4 Bf6 32.Bxd5 Bxd4 33.b3 a5 34.Kh2 g5


35.Kg3 Kg7 36.Kf3 Kf6 37.Ke4 Bc5 38.g4 Bf2 39.Bc4 Bc5 40.a4 Kg6 41.Ke5 h5 42.Bd3+ Kh6 43.Kf5 hxg4 44.hxg4 Be3 45.Kf6 Bd4+ 46.Kf7 Be3 47.Bg6 Bf4 48.Bf5 Be3 49.Bc2 Bf4 50.Kf6 Be3 51.Ke5 Kg7


52.Ke6 Bf4 53.Kd5 Kf6 54.Kc4 Ke5 55.b4 axb4 56.Kxb4 Bd2+ 57.Kb5 Ba5 58.Bf5 Kf4 59.Kc4 Be1 60.Kb5 Ba5 61.Bc8 Kg3 62.Kc4 Kf4 63.Kd3 Be1 64.Bf5, draw.