Thursday, April 21, 2022

2 PCG Games 4/20/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

RoyceBracket (Chess.com 1905) - JimWest (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 4/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Ba4 Nd7 12.Qf4 Ng4 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.O-O Ke7 15.Nc3 Rxh8 16.Bf4 Rg8


17.Ne2 Nge5 18.Bg3 d4 19.Bb3 Nc4 20.Nf4 Bf7 21.Rfe1 f5 22.c3 Nxb2 23.cxd4 Bxd4 24.Rab1 Bxb3 25.axb3 Nc5 26.Re2 Nbd3 27.Nxd3 Nxd3 28.Rd1 Kf7 29.Kf1 c5 30.f3 exf3 31.gxf3 f4 32.Rxd3 fxg3 33.h3 h5 34.b4 b6 35.bxc5 bxc5 36.Kg2 h4


37.Ra2 Ra8 38.Rda3 Ke6 39.Rxa7 Rxa7 40.Rxa7 c4 41.Ra4 Kd5 42.Ra5+ Bc5 43.Ra2 c3 44.Kf1 Kc4 45.Ke1 Kb3 46.Rg2 c2 47.Kd2 Bb4+ 48.Kc1 Ba3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Evgeny_Pustyryov (lichess 2021) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 4/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Nge7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.O-O Nxe5 14.Rad1 Bg4


15.Be2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Nd3 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Nc6 19.Rxd3 Qf6 20.Nc5 Rae8 21.Qd5+ Qf7 22.Qxf7+ Rxf7 23.a3 Re2 24.b4 h6 25.b5 Ne5 26.Rd8+ Kh7 25.Nd3 Nxd3 26.Rxd3 Rb2 27.a4 Ra2 28.Rd4 a6 29.bxa6 bxa6 30.f3 Rb7


31.Rc1 Rbb2 32.Rc6 Rxg2+ 33.Kf1 Rxh2 34.Kg1 Rag2+ 35.Kf1 Rc2 36.Rxc2 Rxc2 37.Rd6 Ra2 38.Rxa6 h5 39.a5 h4 40.Kg1 g6 41.Ra8 Kh6 42.a6 Kg5 43.a7 h3

44.Rh8 Rxa7 45.Rxh3 Ra2 46.Rh2 Rxh2 47.Kxh2 Kf4 48.Kg2 g5 49.Kf2 g4 50.fxg4 Kxg4, draw.