Tuesday, February 21, 2023

2 PCG Games 2/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

NathanRoseChess (Chess.com 1824) - JimWest (Chess.com 1795), Chess.com 2/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.c3 dxc3 9.Qa4+ Nc6


10.Nxc6 cxb2+ 11.Qxb4 bxa1=Q 12.Nxd8 Qxc1+ 13.Ke2 Qxg5 14.Nxb7 Qe7+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

PollitoSuarez (lichess 2114) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 2/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.h3 Be7 7.d3 Nc6 8.Be3 h6 9.Nh2 Qd7 10.Qh5+ Kd8 11.Nc3 Be6 12.a3 Bf6 13.Ne4 Qe7 14.Ng4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 Qf7 16.f4 exf4 17.Qxf4 Rf8 18.O-O Nd4 19.Qf2 Ne6


20.Bxa7 Rxa7 21.Nxf6 Ra6 22.Nd5 Qxf2+ 23.Rxf2 Rxf2 24.Kxf2 c6 25.Ne3 Ra5 26.c3 Nf4 27.Rd1 Re5 28.Kf3 g5 29.g3 Nh5 30.d4 Re6 31.a4 Nxg3 32.Kxg3 Rxe3+ 33.Kg4 d5


34.Rd2 Re4+ 35.Kf5 Rh4 36.Rh2 Ke7 37.Re2+ Kd7 38.Re3 Rf4+ 39.Kg6 Rh4 40.Rf3 Rf4 41.Re3 Rh4 42.b4 Kd6 43.a5 Re4 44.Rd3 Rh4 45.Rf3 Rf4 46.Re3 Re4 47.Rf3 Rf4 48.Re3 Re4, draw.