Friday, May 5, 2023

2 PCG Games 5/4/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Microsoft8888 (Chess.com 1714) - JimWest (Chess.com 1852), Chess.com 5/4/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 c6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 exf3 9.Bxd8+ fxe2 10.Bxe2 Kxd8 11.Nd2 d5 12.O-O Nf6 13.Rfe1 Nbd7 14.f3 Re8 15.Nb3 Kc7 16.Rad1 Bc2 17.Rd2 Bxb3 18.axb3 Re7 19.Kf2 Rae8


20.Red1 Nf8 21.c4 Ng6 22.g3 h5 23.Bd3 Nf8 24.cxd5 Nxd5 25.Be4 Kb8 26.h3 h4 27.g4 Nf4 28.d5 cxd5 29.Bxd5 Nxh3+ 30.Kg2 Nf4+ 31.Kf1 g5


32.Be4 N8e6 33.b4 a6 34.b3 Nc7 35.Kg1 Nb5 36.Kf1 Nc3 37.Rc1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

orlrq (lichess 2022) - JimWest (lichess 2122), lichess 5/4/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Na3 Nc6 10.Bd2 Qxe5 11.Qb3 Nge7 12.Qg3 O-O 13.Qxe5 Nxe5 14.Nb5 c5 15.Nd6 Nd3+ 16.Bxd3 exd3 17.O-O b6 18.Rfe1 Nf5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5


20.Re7 Rf7 21.Rae1 Kf8 22.R7e5 Bd7 23.h3 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.f3 Re7 26.Rxe7 Kxe7 27.Kf2 b5 28.cxb5 Bxb5 29.b3 Ke6 30.f4 g6 31.g3 Kd5 32.Kf3 h5


33.g4 hxg4+ 34.hxg4 c4 35.bxc4+ Bxc4 36.a3 Kc5 37.f5 gxf5 38.gxf5 Bd5+ 39.Kf4 Kc4 40.Ke5 Bg8 41.f6 Bf7 42.Kd6 Kb3 43.Ke7 Bc4 44.Kd6 Kc2 45.Bb4 d2 46.Bxd2 Kxd2


47.Ke7 d3 48.f7 Bxf7 49.Kxf7 Kc3, White resigns.