Saturday, February 25, 2023

2 PCG Games 2/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Arnav880 (Chess.com 1754) - JimWest (Chess.com 1797), Chess.com 2/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nd2 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.O-O f4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bg4 Na6 11.Bxc8 Rxc8 12.Nf3 Nc5 13.Nd2 a5 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.Nxc5 Qxc5 16.Qg4 Rce8 17.Rad1 Re7 18.h3 b5 19.Qe2 g6


20.Kh2 Ref7 21.Qd2 Bg7 22.f3 Bf6 23.Qf2 Qxf2 24.Rxf2 Bh4 25.Rfd2 Bg3+ 26.Kg1 b4 27.Ne2 c5 28.Nxg3 fxg3 29.c3 h5 30.d4 bxc3 31.bxc3 cxd4 32.cxd4 Rb7 33.dxe5 dxe5 34.Rd6 Kg7 35.Kf1 Rfb8


36.Rd7+ Rxd7 37.Rxd7+ Kf6 38.Ke2 Rb2+ 39.Rd2 Rb1 40.Rd1 Rb2+ 41.Rd2 Rb1 42.Rd1 Rb2+ 43.Rd2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

goashim (lichess 2044) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 2/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.Bc4 Qxd4 9.O-O Nf6 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Qe2 O-O-O 13.Nb3 a6 14.Nc3 Bd6 15.a4 Rde8 16.Be3 Ng4 17.Rfd1 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Qe7 19.Nd5 Qe5


20.g3 h5 21.Nc5 h4 22.b4 hxg3 23.fxg3 Bg4 24.Rdb1 Nd4 25.Ra2 Nf3+ 26.Kh1 Qxg3 27.Qf2 Rxh2+ 28.Qxh2 Nxh2, White resigns.