Thursday, July 6, 2023

2 PCG Games 7/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

srams_chesslover (Chess.com 1985) - JimWest (Chess.com 1980), Chess.com 7/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nh6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 Bg4 8.Qb5+ c6 9.Qb7 hxg6 10.Qxa8 d5 11.Bb3 Bc5 12.Qb7 O-O 13.O-O Rf7 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Qxd5 Qxd5 16.Nxd5 Nc6


17.c3 Ne5 18.d4 exd3 19.Bxh6 Be2 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.dxe3 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Nc4 23.b3 Nb2 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.c4 d2 26.Nc3 d1=Q+ 27.Nxd1 Nxd1 28.Kf1 Nxe3+ 29.Kf2 Nd1+ 30.Ke1 Nc3 31.a3 Ke6


32.Kd2 Ne4+ 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.g4 g5 35.b4 Nf6 36.h3 Ne4 37.a4 a6 38.a5 Nd6 39.b5 Nxc4+ 40.Kf3 axb5 41.a6 Nb6 42.Ke3 b4 43.Kd3 Kf4 44.Kd4 Kg3 45.a7 Kxh3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

RyCooder (lichess 2118) - JimWest (lichess 2158), lichess 7/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qxe4 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.O-O-O Bf6 16.Nf7 Kxf7 17.Bc4+ Kg7 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.h3 Bc6


20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Na6 22.Rd7+ Kg6 23.Re4 Rf7 24.Rg4+ Bg5+ 25.Kd1 h5 26.Rg3 h4 27.Rg4 Rxf2 28.Rd5 Rf5 29.Rd8 Nc5 30.Rg8+ Kh6 31.Rh8+ Kg7 32.Rc8 Ne6 33.Re8 Kf7 34.Ra8 a5 35.Ra7 b6 36.Ra8 Rd5+ 37.Ke1 Kf6


38.Re8 Re5+ 39.Kd1 Kf7 40.Rh8 Kg7 41.Re8 Kf7 42.Rh8 Rd5+ 43.Ke1 Re5+ 44.Kd1, draw.