Friday, July 7, 2023

2 PCG Games 7/6/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

dogwoodfish (Chess.com 1768) - JimWest (Chess.com 1974), Chess.com 7/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.f4 exf3 10.Qxf3 O-O 11.Qh3 Nc6 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Bd3 Rae8 14.O-O Qxe6 15.Qxe6+ Rxe6 16.Bg5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne4 18.Bxe4 Rxe4 19.Rxf8+ Kxf8


20.Kf2 h6 21.Bd2 Na5 22.Re1 Rxe1 23.Kxe1 Nc4 24.Bc1 Kf7 25.Ke2 Ke6 26.Kf3 h5 27.g4 g6 28.gxh5 gxh5 29.Kf4 Kf6 30.h3 c6 31.h4 b5 32.Kf3 Kf5


33.Bg5 Na3 34.Be7 Nxc2 35.Bc5 a5 36.Ke2 Ke4 37.Kd2 Ne3 38.Be7 Nf5 39.Bf6 Kf4 40.Bg5+ Kg4 41.Bf6 Nxh4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

igor_rayskiy (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2170), lichess 7/6/2023

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Nc4 Bf5 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.g4 Rg6 17.h3 h5 18.Bc4+ Kh7 19.g5 Bxh3


20.Rfe1 Ne6 21.Rxe4 Bf5 22.Re2 Nxf4 23.Re7 Rxg5+ 24.Kh1 Rc8 25.Bb3 b5 26.Rg1 Rxg1+ 27.Kxg1 b4 28.Na4 Bxc2 29.Rd7 Bxb3 30.axb3 d5 31.Rd6 a5 32.Nb6 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 g5 35.Nxd5 Rg2+ 36.Kf3 Rxb2


37.Nxf4 g4+ 38.Ke4 Rxb3 39.Rd5 h4 40.Rh5+ Kg7 41.Rxh5 g3 42.Rg4+ Kf7 43.Nd3 a4 44.Rxg3 a3 45.Rf3+ Ke7 44.Nxb4 Rxf3 45.Kxf3 Kd6 46.Ke4 Kc5 47.Na2 Kc4


48.Ke3 Kb3 49.Nc1+ Kb2 50.Kd2 a2 51.Nxa2, draw.