Saturday, September 24, 2022

2 PCG Games 9/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

dhruv909 (Chess.com 1886) - JimWest (Chess.com 1766), Chess.com 9/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb3 Na6 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.a3 Nc5 9.Ba2 a5 10.Be3 Ncd7 11.d4 e4 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.f3 exf3 14.Nxf3 d5 15.O-O Bd6 16.Bg5 O-O 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Qc7 19.Qd3 Rae8


20.Raf1 Kh8 21.Bf4 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 b5 23.Qf3 b4 24.axb4 axb4 25.Na4 Ng8 26.Rxf8 Rxf8 27.Qd3 Rxf1+ 28.Qxf1 Qa7 29.Bb3 Qxd4+ 30.Kh1 Ngf6 31.c3 Qe5 32.Bc2 bxc3 33.Nxc3 Kg8 34.Qf2 c5 35.Qe2 Qxe2 36.Nxe2 d4


37.Bb3+ Kf8 38.Nf4 Ke7 39.g4 g5 40.Nd3 h5 41.gxh5 Nxh5 42.Ba4 Nf4 43.Nxf4 gxf4 44.Kg2 Ne5 45.Bd1 c4 46.Kf2 Nd3+ 47.Kf3 Nxb2 48.Bc2 d3 49.Bxd3 Nxd3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Wombed08 (lichess 2170) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 9/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.g3 fxg3 12.Qxf6 Ngxf6 13.fxg3 Bc5+ 14.Kg2 O-O-O 15.Bg5 Rde8 16.Rad1 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6


18.Bf7 Re7 19.Bg6 Rd8 20.Bf5+ Kc7 21.Rxd8 Kxd8 22.Rd1+ Kc7 23.Ne2 Re8 24.Ng1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.Nf3 Bd6 27.g4 Ke7 28.g5 hxg5 29.Nxg5 Bc5 30.Ne6 Bd4 31.c3 g6 32.Nxd4 exd4 33.Bxg6 dxc3 34.bxc3 Kd6 35.h4 Ke5


36.h5 Ng8 37.Kf3 Nh6 38.a3 a5 39.Ke3 c5 40.Kd3 b5 41.Be8 b4 42.axb4 axb4 43.cxb4 cxb4 44.Bg6 Ng8 45.Kc4 Ne7 46.Bh7 Nc6 47.h6 Kf6 48.Bf5 Ne5+ 49.Kxb4 Nf7 50.h7 Kg7 51.Kc5 Ne5 52.Kd5 Nd3


53.Kd4 Nb4 54.Ke5 Nd3+ 55.Kd6 Kh8 56.Ke7 Kg7 57.Ke8 Ne5 58.Kd8 Nd3 59.Ke7 Ne5 60.Kd6 Nd3 61.Kd5 Kh8 62.Kd4 Nb4 63.Ke3 Nc6 64.Kf4 Kg7 65.Bd7 Ne7 66.Bf5 Nc6 67.Bd7 Ne7 68.Ke5 Ng6+ 69.Kd6 Nf8


70.Bf5 Kh8 71.Ke7 Kg7 72.h8+ Kxh8 73.Kxf8, stalemate.