Saturday, December 24, 2022

2 PCG Games 12/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

SPB1973 (Chess.com 1676) - JimWest (Chess.com 1774), Chess.com 12/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 h6 13.Nh3 O-O 14.Nf4 Nc6 15.O-O Rc8 16.Bb2 Na5 17.Ba2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.g3 b5


20.Ng2 Bh3 21.Re1 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Qd7 23.h3 Nh7 24.h4 Rf3 25.Re3 Rxe3 26.fxe3 Nf6 27.Qe2 Qg4 28.Qxg4 Nxg4 29.Re1 Rc6 30.Kh3 h5 31.Re2 a6 32.Kg2 g6 33.Kg1 Kg7 34.Kg2 Kh6 35.Kh3 Rf6


36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Kg1 Kf7 38.Kg2 Ke6 39.Bc1 Kd7 40.Ra2 Rf3 41.Re2 Kc6 42.Bd2 Kb6 43.Bc1 Ka5 44.Kh3 Nh6 45.Kg2 Nf5 46.Rf2 Rxg3+ 47.Kh2 Rg4 48.Rf4 Rxh4+ 49.Rxh4 Nxh4 50.Kg3 Nf5+ 51.Kf4 h4


52.Kg4 Ka4 53.Bd2 Kxa3 54.Be1 Nxe3+ 55.Kxh4 Ng2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EagleSight (lichess 2182) - JimWest (lichess 2170), lichess 12/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a4 a5 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.Ng5 h6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ne6 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Bb4 13.Bf5 Nbd7 14.Bg6+ Ke7 15.Re1 Rad8 16.Qe2 Nf8 17.Bf5 g6 18.Bh3 g5


19.Bf5 h5 20.Qc4 Rd4 21.Qb3 Qd6 22.g3 Ne6 23.Qxe6+ Qxe6 24.Bxe6 Kxe6 25.f3 h4 26.g4 Rhd8 27.h3 R8d6 28.Rf1 bxc3 29.bxc3 Rc4 30.Bb2 Rd2 31.Rf2 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Nd7 33.Ke2 Nc5 34.Ra3 Rxa4 35.Rxa4 Nxa4 36.Ba1 b5


37.Kd3 Nb6 37.Ke2 Nc4 38.Kd3 a4 39.Ke2 Kd6 40.Kd3 Kc5 41.Ke2 a3 42.Kd3 Nb2+ 43.Kd2 Kc4 44.Kc1 Kxc3 45.Kb1 Kd2 46.Bxb2 axb2 47.Kxb2 Ke3, White resigns.