Sunday, July 18, 2021

2 PCG Games 7/17/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

skchess22 (Chess.com 1888) - JimWest (Chess.com 1860), Chess.com 7/17/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bd2 Qd6 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qxe6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.Rg1 Rae8 15.g4 e3


16.f4 Ne4 17.Qxe3 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Rxf4 19.Bd3 Rxg4 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Rge1 Qh6+ 22.Kb1 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Kxh7 24.Re3 Qg6 25.Rh3+ Kg8 26.Qb3 Qf5 27.Rf3 Rf4 28.Rxf4 Qxf4 29.Qxd5+ Qf7 30.Qb5 Nd8


31.Qc5 b6 32.Qg5 Qd7 33.c3 a5 34.h4 Nf7 35.Qg6 Nd6 36.h5 Qf7 37.Qg3 Qxh5, White resigns.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

faim1 (lichess 2179) - JimWest (lichess 2161), lichess 7/17/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Bg4 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qf6 10.Qb3 Qf7 11.Qc3 Nd7 12.d4 O-O-O 13.Be3 Kb8


14.b4 Qd5 15.Nd2 Be7 16.a4 Bf6 17.Nf3 e4 18.Nd2 c5 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Nb3 cxd4 21.Bxd4 Rc8 22.Qb2 Bxd4 23.Nxd4 Nf6 24.Rad1 Qc4 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.cxb3 a6 27.Nf5 Rc7 28.Nd6 Rd8 29.Nc4 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Re7


31.Ne3 Kc7 32.b4 g6 33.Kf1 Rd7 34.Rxd7+ Kxd7 35.Ke2 b5 36.axb5 axb5 37.Ng4 Nxg4 38.hxg4 Kd6 39.Ke3 Kd5 40.f4 exf3 41.gxf3 g5 42.Kd3 h6 43.Kc3 Ke5 44.Kd3 Kf4 45.Ke2 Ke5 46.Ke3 Kd5 47.Kd3 Ke5 48.Ke3 Kd5 49.Kd3 Ke5 50.Ke3, draw.