Tuesday, June 20, 2023

2 PCG Games 6/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

gasnuj28 (Chess.com 1777) - JimWest (Chess.com 1901), Chess.com 6/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Qd2 h6 12.Nh3 c6 13.O-O-O b5 14.Bb4 Re8 15.Nf4 a5 16.Bc5 Nbd7 17.Qe3 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Qe7 19.h3 a4


20.Kb1 a3 21.b3 b4 22.g4 Bh7 23.Qd4 Qe5 24.Qxe5 Rxe5 25.Rhe1 g5 26.Ng2 Nd7 27.Bf1 Nxc5 28.f3 Rae8 29.fxe4 Nxe4 30.Ka1 Nc3 31.Rc1 Rxe1 32.Nxe1 c5 33.Bd3 Bxd3 34.Nxd3 Ne4


35.Re1 Rf8 36.Kb1 Rf3 37.Ne5 Rxh3 38.Kc1 Kg7 39.Nd7 Rg3 40.Nb6 Nf6 41.Re7+ Kg6 42.Re6 Kf7 43.Re1 Rxg4 44.Nd7 Nxd7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

zephyr91 (lichess 2064) - JimWest (lichess 2137), lichess 6/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bc5 9.Bb2 O-O 10.h4 Ng4 11.Ne3 Nxf2 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.Qe2 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Nxh1 15.O-O-O Nf2 16.Qg3 Qe7 17.Re1 Nc6 18.h5 h6 19.d3 Bd7


20.dxe4 Rae8 21.e5 Be6 22.Bb5 Qg5+ 23.Qxg5 hxg5 24.Re2 a6 25.Bd3 Nxd3+ 26.cxd3 Rf1+ 27.Kd2 Rh1 28.d4 Rxh5 29.Re3 Rh4 30.Rd3 Nb4 31.Rg3 Rg4 32.Rh3+ Kg8 33.Rh2 Nd5 34.Kd3 c6 35.Ba3 b5 36.Bc5 Bf5+ 37.Ke2 Be4


38.Rh1 Rxg2+ 39.Kf1 Rxa2 40.Rh5 g4 41.Rg5 Bf3 42.b4 Ne3+ 43.Ke1 Re2#.