Saturday, July 17, 2021

2 PCG Games 7/16/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Liebhaber_e4 (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 7/16/2021

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.Bh5+ Kf8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bxg6 Nbd7 14.Nc3 c6 15.Bg5 Ne5 16.Bh5 g6 17.Be2 Kg7 18.Qd2 Rh8


19.Qf4 Ned7 20.Rad1 Bd6 21.Bxf6+ Nxf6 22.Qg5 Bxh2+, White resigns.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

tmnviz (lichess 2229) - JimWest (lichess 2156), lichess 7/16/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Ne7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.c4 Be6 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Qa4+ Nbc6 14.Qxe4 Qxe5 15.Qxe5 Nxe5


16.Bb5+ N5c6 17.O-O O-O-O 18.Nf3 h6 19.Re1 Bg4 20.Bf4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 a6 22.Ba4 Rd4 23.Re4 Rhd8 24.Rc1 Rxe4 25.fxe4 Rd4 26.Bc2 g5

27.Be5 Nxe5 28.Bb3+ N7c6 29.Bd5 Kb8 30.h4 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 Nxh4 32.Bxc6 bxc6 33.Rxc6 Kb7 34.Rxh6 Rxe4 35.Rh5 Ra4 36.Rxg5 Rxa3 37.f4 Rf3+ 38.Ke2 Rxf4 39.Rg7+ Kb6 40.Rg1 Rb4 41.Rg8 a5


42.Kd3 Kb5 43.Kc3 Ka4 44.Rg1 Rb3+ 45.Kc4 Nf3 46.Ra1+ Ra3 47.Rb1 Nd2+ 48.Kc5 Nxb1 49.Kc6 Rc3+ 50.Kb6 Kb4 51.Ka6 a4 52.Kb6 a3 53.Kb7 a2 54.Kb6 a1=Q 55.Kb7 Kb5 56.Kb8 Rc6 57.Kb7 Qa6+ 58.Kb8 Rc8#.