Wednesday, May 24, 2023

2 PCG Games 5/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Afrodin_udin (Chess.com 1779) - JimWest (Chess.com 1811), Chess.com 5/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qd1 O-O 11.Be3 c6 12.h4 Nf5 13.Bc5 Re8 14.g4 Nxh4 15.Nxe4 Rxe5 16.f3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Rxe4+ 18.Qxe4 dxe4 19.Bc4+ Kg7


20.Bd4+ Qxd4 21.cxd4 Bxg4 22.Kd2 Nd7 23.Be2 Bxe2 24.Kxe2 Nf6 25.Raf1 Re8 26.Rf4 Nd5 27.Rfh4 h5 28.c4 Nb6 29.Rc1 Kh6 30.Ke3 g5 31.Rxe4 Rxe4+ 32.Kxe4 h4


33.Kf5 Kh5 34.Rg1 Nxc4 35.Rxg5+ Kh6 36.Rg4 Ne3+ 37.Kf4 Nxg4 38.Kxg4 Kg6 39.Kxh4 Kf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

TuChelsea (lichess 2203) - JimWest (lichess 2150), lichess 5/23/2023

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O fxe4 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.Bg5+ Be7 11.Bxe7+ Kxe7 12.Bd3 Nb4 13.Re1 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Bxe4 15.Rxe4 Kf6 16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Rae1 Nf7 18.R4e3 h6 19.Ne4+ Kg6


20.Rg3+ Kh7 21.Nc5 Rhe8 22.Rge3 b6 23.Nb3 c5 24.f4 Rd5 25.Nc1 g5 26.fxe5 Rdxe5 27.Kf2 Rxe3 28.Rxe3 Rxe3 29.Kxe3 Nd6 30.b3 Kg6 31.d4 cxd4+ 32.Kxd4 Kf6 33.Kd5 Ke7


34.Nd3 Kd7 35.Ne5+ Kc7 36.Ng4 h5 37.Nf6 h4 38.Ne4 Nf5 39.Nxg5 Ne3+ 40.Ke4 Nxg2 41.Kf3 Ne1+ 42.Kg4 Nd3 43.a3 a5 44.Ne4 Kc6 45.Kxh4 Kd5 46.Nd2 b5 47.Kg5 Kd4 48.a4 bxa4 49.bxa4 Kc3 50.Ne4+ Kb4 51.h4 Ne5


52.Kf5 Nf7 53.Kf6 Nh6 54.Kg6 Ng4 55.Kg5 Ne5 56.Kf5 Nf7 57.Kf6 Nh6 58.Nd6 Kxa4 59.Nb7 Kb5 60.Nxa5 Kxa5 61.Kg6 Ng4 62.h5 Kb6 63.Kg5 Ne5 64.Kf5 Nf7 65.Kf6 Nh6 66.Kg6 Ng4 67.Kg5 Ne5 68.Kf5 Nf7


69.Ke6 Nh6 70.Kf6 Kc7 71.Kg6 Ng4 72.Kg5 Ne5 73.Kh6 Kd7 74.Kg7 Ke7 75.h6 Nf7 76.h7 Nh8 77.Kg8 Kf6 78.Kxh8 Kf7, stalemate.