Sunday, August 6, 2023

2 PCG Games 8/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tyke712 (Chess.com 2100) - JimWest (Chess.com 1958), Chess.com 8/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.c4 c6 13.h3 h6 14.f3 Qc7 15.fxe4 Bxe4 16.Bf4 Qd8 17.c5 b6 18.cxb6 axb6 19.Bd3 Qe8


20.Bd6 Rf7 21.Re1 Qe6 22.Bh2 Qf5 23.Rf1 Qg6 24.Qd2 Bxd3 25.cxd3 Raf8 26.Rae1 Nh7 27.Rxf7 Qxf7 28.Bd6 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8 30.Qc2 Ndf6 31.Bc7 b5 32.Na5 Qe3+ 33.Kh2 Qxd4 34.Nxc6 Qe3


35.Be5 Nd7 36.Bd4 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Nhf6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dronald (lichess 2298) - JimWest (lichess 2193), lichess 8/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 g5 8.Qb3 Ne7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.a4 g4 11.Ne1 Ng6 12.f3 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 g3 14.h3 Qh4 15.Be6 Bxe6 16.Qxe6+ Qe7 17.Qb3 Na6 18.Nd3 O-O-O 19.Qc4 Rd7


20.b4 Rhd8 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.bxc5 Rd1 23.Ba3 Qd7 24.Bb4 Nh4 25.Qe2 Qd3 26.Qxd3 R8xd3 27.Kg1 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Rd1+ 29.Ke2 Rg1 30.Kd3 Nxg2 31.c4 Nh4 32.Kc2 g2, White resigns.