Thursday, February 23, 2023

2 PCG Games 2/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

iemuiq (Chess.com 1801) - JimWest (Chess.com 1805), Chess.com 2/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4


14.Bd3 Nxg5 15.Rxf8+ Kxf8 16.Qd2 Ne4 17.Qf4+ Kg8 18.c4 Qf8 19.Qh4 Qf6 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qe2 Be6 22.Rf1 Qg7 23.Qf3 Nd7 24.Nxd7 Bxd7 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qxe4 Re8


27.Qh4 Bf5 28.c3 Bd3 29.Rf3 Bxc4 30.a3 Qe7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Grach_ebach (lichess 1976) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 2/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc5 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be3 Rf8 9.h3 Kf7 10.Qe2 Kg8 11.g4 Bg6 12.O-O-O Nd7


13.h4 b6 14.h5 Bf7 15.d4 exd4 16.Rxd4 d5 17.g5 c5 18.Rdd1 d4 19.g6 hxg6 20.hxg6 Bxg6 21.Bxd4 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Bf6 23.Qe6+ Bf7 24.Qh3 Be8


25.Qh7+ Kf7 26.Qh5+ Kg8 27.Qh7+ Kf7 28.Qh5+ Kg8 29.Qh7+, draw.