Friday, March 3, 2023

2 PCG Games 3/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Maatthieu (Chess.com 1835) - JimWest (Chess.com 1803), Chess.com 3/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Be3 Bc5 10.Ngf3 Nf6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.h3 Bd7 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.O-O-O Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bxd4 c5 17.Rde1 Qd6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6


19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Re2 Qh6+ 21.Qd2 Kxh7 22.Qxh6+ Kxh6 23.g4 Rae8 24.Rhe1 Rxe2 25.Rxe2 Re8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.f4 g6 28.Kd2 Bc6 29.h4 Bd7 30.f5 gxf5 31.gxf5 Bxf5


32.b4 b6 33.Ke3 Kh5 34.bxc5 bxc5 35.Kf4 Bb1 36.a3 d4 37.cxd4 cxd4 38.Kf3 Kxh4 39.a4 a5 40.Ke2 Kg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Uljalgas-188 (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2132), lichess 3/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Nf6 9.c4 Bd6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Ba4+ Nc6 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.f4 O-O 14.Qf2 h6


15.h4 hxg5 16.hxg5 Ng4 17.Qh4 Nxd4 18.Nc3 Rxc3 19.bxc3 Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Nxc3 21.Bb3 Bc5 22.Bb2 Bd4 23.Rac1 Ne2 24.Bxd4 Nxd4 25.Rfd1 Nxb3 26.axb3 g6


27.Rc5 d4 28.Rdc1 Rf7 29.Rxf5 gxf5 30.Kg1 Rh7 31.Qg3 d3, White resigns.