Tuesday, October 1, 2024

2 PCG Games 9/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

nickhiggins69 (Chess.com 1928) - JimWest (Chess.com 2019), Chess.com 9/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.d3 Bxg3 12.fxg3 exd3 13.cxd3 Qb6 14.Be3 Qxb2 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Rxf5 Nbd7 17.Rb1 Qxa2 18.Rxb7 Rae8 19.Kf2 d4


20.Bxd4 Qe6 21.Qb3 Nd5 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8+ 23.Bf3 c5 24.Kg1 Rxf3 25.gxf3 cxd4 26.Rxa7 Qe1+ 27.Kg2 Qe2+ 28.Kg1 Qe1+ 29.Kg2 Qe2+ 30.Kg1 Qe1+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

harlampiizmish (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2078), lichess 9/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Be2 Bxf5 9.f3 Bd6 10.fxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.O-O Qh4 13.h3 Qg3 14.Bf3 O-O


15.Rf2 Qh2+ 16.Kf1 Bg3 17.Be3 Bxf2 18.Bxf2 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Qxh3+ 20.Ke1 Qxf3 21.Qxf3 Rxf3 22.Ke2 Rf7 23.Nd2 Nd7 24.Rg1 Re8+ 25.Be3 Rfe7 26.Nf1 Nf6 27.Kd3 Ne4 28.Bf4 Nf2+ 29.Kc3 Nh3 30.Rg4 Nxf4 31.Rxf4 Rf7

32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Kd3 h5 34.Nd2 g5 35.Nf3 Kg6 36.Ne5+ Rxe5 37.dxe5 Kf5 38.e6 Kxe6 39.Ke3 Ke5 40.c3 h4 41.Kf3 Kf5 42.a4 g4+ 43.Ke3 h3 44.Kf2 Kf4 45.b3 g3+ 46.Kg1 Ke3 47.c4 dxc4 48.bxc4 Kd4 49.Kf1 Kxc4


50.Ke2 Kb4 51.Kf3 h2 52.Kxg3 h1=Q, White resigns.