Thursday, March 23, 2023

2 PCG Games 3/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Dav_vykricnik (Chess.com 1696) - JimWest (Chess.com 1861), Chess.com 3/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 dxc4 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qf3 Bf5 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Ne7 15.Bf6 Rg8 16.Rd2 Qe6 17.Qxb7 Qc6 18.Qb4 Qe6 19.Rad1 Nc6


20.Qc5 Rf8 21.b4 Rxf6 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.b5 Ne7 24.Qxc4 Be6 25.Qxc7 Kf7 26.a4 Kg7 27.Rd8 Rxd8 28.Qxd8 Nd5 29.Qb8 Nc3 30.Qxa7+ Bf7 31.Re1 Ne2+ 32.Kf1 Nd4


33.Qa6 Bc4+ 34.Kg1 Ne2+ 35.Kh1 Qxf2 36.Qb7+ Kh6 37.Rd1 Nc3 38.Rc1 Bd5 39.Qxd5 Nxd5 40.c4 Nf4 41.Rg1 Qc5 42.Rc1 Nd3 43.Rc2 Nf2+ 44.Kg1 Ng4+ 45.Kf1 Ne3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

rustam1 (lichess 2050) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 3/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.c3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.Qb3 Qf7 10.Qxf7+ Kxf7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Be7 13.d4 Nd7 14.b3 Rgf8 15.Ba3 Rae8 16.Rad1 Ke6 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Bxe7 Kxe7


20.Rd3 Rd8 21.Rfd1 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Rd8 23.Rxd8 Kxd8 24.Kf1 Kd7 25.Ke2 Kd6 26.Kd3 Kc5 27.g4 fxg3 28.fxg3 a5 29.a3 b5 30.h4 h5 31.Ke3 a4 32.bxa4 bxa4 33.Kd3 Kb5 34.c4+ Kc5 35.Kc3 g6


36.Kd3 Kb6 37.Kc3 c5 38.Kd3 Kc6 40.Ke3 Kd6 41.Kf3 Ke6 42.g4 Kf6 43.Kg3 Ke6 44.Kf3 Kf6 45.Kg3 Ke6 46.Kf3, draw.