Friday, January 6, 2023

2 PCG Games 1/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

compongo4 (Chess.com 1682) - JimWest (Chess.com 1745), Chess.com 1/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Nb3 d5 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Re1 Rae8 14.Bf1 Qd6 15.h3 h5 16.Re3 h4 17.Be2 Bg6 18.Bg4 Qf4


19.Qe2 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Nf6 21.Rf1 Nxg4 22.Rh3 Nh6 23.Nd1 Bf5 24.g3 hxg3 25.Rxg3 Bg4 26.Qe3 Bxd1 27.Rxd1 Qxe3 28.Rxe3 Nf5 29.Rh3 Re6 30.c3 Rg6+ 31.Kh2 Nh6 32.Rd2 Ng4+ 33.Kg2 Nxf2+ 34.Rg3 Rxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Nd3


36.Na5 Rf7 37.b3 Rc7 38.b4 b6 39.Nb3 Rf7 40.a4 Rf3+ 41.Kg4 Kf7 42.a5 Kg6 43.axb6 axb6 44.Ra2 Nf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mrexpert (lichess 2073) - JimWest (lichess 2185), lichess 1/5/2023

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Bg2 c6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.c3 a5 8.Qe2 Na6 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Ne4 O-O 11.h3 d5 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.O-O Re8 14.Nd2 Nc5


15.Qf3 Bxd3 16.Rd1 e4 17.Qe3 Ne6 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Ng5 20.Bxh7+ Nxh7, White forfeits.