Sunday, January 22, 2023

2 PCG Games 1/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

StuckAndSteaming (Chess.com 1974) - JimWest (Chess.com 1729), Chess.com 1/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb5 exd4 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Nxd5 Bxh2+ 11.Kxh2 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxe4 Nde7 14.Bf4 Bf5 15.Rfe1 O-O-O


16.c3 Rhf8 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nf3 Bg4 19.Kg3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 g5 21.Be3 a6 22.Ba4 b5 23.Bc2 Nf5+ 24.Bxf5 Rxf5 25.Rad1 Rdf8 26.Rh1 Rxf3+ 27.Kg2 R3f6 28.Rd5 Ne7 29.Re5 Nf5 30.Bc5 Nd6 31.b3 R8f7


32.a4 bxa4 33.bxa4 Kd7 34.Bd4 Rg6 35.Ra5 Nf5 36.Ba7 Nh4+ 37.Kf1 Rc6 38.Rh3 Rf3 39.Rxf3 Nxf3 40.Ke2 Rxc3 41.Rxa6 c6 42.Be3 Nh4 43.Ra7+ Ke6 44.Rh7 Nf5 45.a5 Ra3 46.Bb6 Ra2+ 47.Kd3 Kf6 48.Kc4 Kg6


49.Rh8 Rc2+ 50.Kb3 Rc1 51.a6 Rb1+ 52.Kc3 Rxb6 53.a7 Ra6 54.a8=Q Rxa8 55.Rxa8 g4 56.Rc8 h5 57.Rxc6+ Kg5 58.Kd3 h4 59.Ke4 h3 60.Rc1 Nh4 61.Ke3 Nf3 62.Ke2 h2 63.Rh1 Kf4 64.Kf1 g3 65.Kg2 Nh4+ 66.Kh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit 

kdhz (lichess 2242) - JimWest (lichess 2195), lichess 1/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.Kd1 Bxf2 13.Qb5 c6 14.Qa4 Ne7 15.Nb3 Rxh8 16.Bd2 Rf8


17.Be2 e3 18.Be1 Kb8 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Qb3 Ka8 21.a4 N7g6 22.a5 a6 23.Qb6 Qd8 24.Qxd8 Rxd8 25.Rf1 Bxe1 26.Kxe1 Nh4, White forfeits.