Sunday, April 24, 2022

2 PCG Games 4/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ruukooh (Chess.com 1727) - JimWest (Chess.com 1891), Chess.com 4/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Ng1 exd4 6.cxd4 d5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.a3 c6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.h4 O-O 11.Be2 h6 12.Be3 Bf5 13.g4 Bh7 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 Nfd7 16.Nh3 Bf5 17.Qd2 b5 18.O-O-O a5


19.Rh2 b4 20.Rdh1 bxc3 21.Qxc3 Bxh3 22.Rxh3 Bxg5 23.Rh8+ Kf7 24.Bh5+ Ke6 25.Bg4+ Kd6 26.R8h5 Bxe3+ 27.Qxe3 Kc7 28.Qg3+ Kb7 29.Be2 Qf6 30.R1h2 Qf4+ 31.Qxf4 Rxf4 32.Rh7 Rf7 33.Rg2 Nf6 34.Rgxg7 Rxg7 35.Rxg7+ Nbd7


36.Kd2 Kc7 37.Kc3 Rb8 38.f4 exf3 39.Bxf3 Kd6 40.Rg6 Rg8 41.Rxg8 Nxg8 42.Kb3 Nb6 43.Kc3 Nf6 44.b4 axb4 45.Kxb4 Ne4 46.a4 Nd2 47.Be2 Nbc4 48.a5 Nxa5 49.Kxa5 Nb3+ 50.Kb4 Nxd4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

CHECKMATE31 (lichess 2033) - JimWest (lichess 2100), lichess 4/23/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Rhe1 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Ke7 13.h3 Be6 14.Bxe6 Kxe6 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.Nd4+ Nxd4 17.Rxd4 Rac8 18.f4 Rhg8


19.g4 Rc6 20.f5+ Kf7 21.Rd5 Rgc8 22.c3 Ke7 23.Red1 h5 24.Rg1 Rg8 25.Rd3 hxg4 26.Rxg4 Rxg4 27.hxg4 Rc4 28.Rg3 Rf4 29.Kd2 d5 30.Rg2 Kd6 31.Ke3 b5, White forfeits.