Saturday, June 24, 2023

2 PCG Games 6/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Knorpelmann (Chess.com 1741) - JimWest (Chess.com 1905), Chess.com 6/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.a3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.g3 a5 16.Qe3 Bg4 17.Bg2 Bf3


18.O-O Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qf3+ 20.Kg1 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.a4 Ke7 25.Kg2 Kf6 26.g4 Kg5 27.Kg3 h5 28.h3 h4+ 29.Kf2 Kf6 30.Ke2 g5 31.Kd1 Ke6 32.Kc1 Kd6 33.Kb2 c5


34.Kb3 c4+ 35.Ka3 c6 36.Kb2 c5 37.Ka3 Kc6 38.Kb2 cxd4 39.cxd4 Kb6 40.c3 Kc6 41.Ka3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Arslan2580 (lichess 2180) - JimWest (lichess 2165), lichess 6/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 a5 11.a4 Na6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.Rad1 Be6 14.Bxe6 Nxe6 15.Qc4 Kf7 16.Bxf4 Nd7 17.Ng5+ Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Rhe8


19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Qc8 21.Bd6+ Kg8 22.Rf2 Kh8 23.Rdf1 Nf6 24.Be5 Ng8 25.Rf7 Re7 26.Rxe7 Nxe7 27.Rf7 Ng6 28.Bd4 Qd8 29.Qxe6 Qxd4+ 30.Kh2 b6 31.Qxc6 Rd8


32.Rf5 Ne7 33.Qe6 Nxf5 34.exf5 Qf4+ 35.Kg1 Rf8 36.Qe4 Qxe4 37.Nxe4 Rxf5 38.b3 Kg8 39.Nd6 Rc5 40.Nc4 Rc6 41.Kf2 h5 42.Ke3 g6 43.Kf4 Kg7 44.g4 kxg4 45.hxg4 Rf6+ 46.Ke4 g5 47.Ne5 Rf2 48.c3 Kf6


49.Nd3 Rg2 50.Kf3 Rc2 51.c4 Rc3 53.Ke4 Rxb3 54.Kd4 Rb1 55.c5 bxc5+ 56.Nxc5 Rg1 57.Ne4+ Kg6 58.Nf2 Ra1 59.Nd3 Rxa4+, White resigns.