Monday, May 1, 2023

2 PCG Games 4/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

SteelKnife (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1851), Chess.com 4/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5+ Kd7 8.Qxe5 Bd6 9.Qxg7+ Ne7 10.Bxf4 Bxf4 11.Qg4+ Kc7 12.Qxf4+ Kb6 13.Nc3 a5 14.Na4+ Ka7 15.a3 Nd7 16.Qe3+ b6 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Kb7 19.Nc3 Ne5


20.Rxa8 Kxa8 21.Ra1+ Kb8 22.Bb3 Rf8 23.f4 Ng4 24.Qg3 Qd4+ 25.Kf1 Qxc3 26.f5+ Qe5 27.Qxe5+ Nxe5 28.Ke2 Bb7 29.h3 h5 30.Ke3 c5 31.bxc5 bxc5 32.Kf4 N5c6 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Nd4 35.g5 Nxb3 36.cxb3 Ng6+ 37.Ke3 Ne5


38.g6 Ng4+ 39.Kf4 Nf6 40.e5 Nh5+ 41.Kg4 Ng7 42.f6 Bc8+ 43.Kg3 Nh5+ 44.Kh4 Nxf6 45.exf6 Rxf6 46.Kg5 Rf5+ 47.Kh6 Rf3 48.Rd1 Be6 49.d4 cxd4 50.Rxd4 Rxb3 51.g7 Rh3+ 52.Kg6 Kc7 53.Kf6 Bg8 54.Ke7 Rf3


55.Rg4 Rf7+ 56.Ke8 Rd7 57.Rg3 Rd8+ 58.Ke7 Rd7+ 59.Ke8 Rd8+ 60.Ke7 Rd7+ 61.Ke8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Possusein3 (lichess 1962) - JimWest (lichess 2119), lichess 4/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.Nc3 Bxe6 11.Nb5 d3 12.Nxc7+ Kxf7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Qc5 15.Nxe6 Qxe3+ 16.Be2 Qxe2+ 17.Qxe2 dxe2 18.Ng5+ Kg6 19.Nxe4 Nf6


20.Nd6 Rd8 21.Nxb7 Rd1+ 22.Rxd1 exd1=Q+ 23.Kxd1 Nc6 24.b3 Rb8 25.Nc5 Rd8+ 26.Kc1 Rd5 27.Nd3 Kf7 28.Rf1 Kg8 29.h3 a5 30.g4 h6 31.Nf4 Rd6 32.a4 Kh7 33.Nd3 Nd5 34.Kb2 Ncb4 35.Nxb4 Nxb4 36.Rf2 Rd1


37.Rf5 Rd2 38.Rxa5 Rxc2+ 39.Ka3 Nc6 40.Rf5 Rc3 41.Kb2 Rxh3 42.a5 Nd4 43.a6 Rxb3+ 44.Ka2 Rb6 45.Ra5 Nc6 46.a7 Nxa7 47.Rxa7 Rb4 48.Rc7 Rxg4 49.Kb2 h5 50.Kc2 Kh6 51.Kd2 Re4 52.Rc3 g6


53.Kd3 Re8 54.Rc4 Kg5 55.Rc1 h4 56.Rg1+ Kh5 57.Rh1 g5 58.Rf1 h3 59.Rf7 Kg4 60.Rh7 Kg3 61.Ra7 g4 62.Ra2 h2 63.Ra1 Kh3 64.Kd4 g3 65.Kd5 g2 66.Ra3+ Kg4 67.Ra4+ Kf5 68.Rh4 h1=Q 69.Rxh1, White resigns.