Tuesday, September 12, 2023

2 PCG Games 9/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

antonyoung17 (Chess.com 1845) - JimWest (Chess.com 1897), Chess.com 9/11/2023

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Nf2 Kh8 15.fxe4 fxe4 16.Ng4 Bxg4 17.Bxg4 Nd7 18.Rxf8+ Nxf8 19.Qf1 Qg6


20.Bf5 Qg7 21.Nd2 Ng6 22.Qf2 Rf8 23.g4 Ne7 24.Ng3 Bd6 25.Rf1 Bxg3 26.Qxg3 Qxd4+ 27.Kh1 Nxf5 28.gxf5 Rg8 29.Qd6 Qg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

adewlan (lichess 2241) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 9/11/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.O-O-O Bb4 13.Bc4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 O-O 16.Rhe1 Ne6 17.Nd6 b6


18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Nxg5 20.fxg5 Rf2 21.Rd7 Rxg2 22.h4 Rh2 23.Kb2 a5 24.a4 b5 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Rb7 b4 27.cxb4 axb4 28.Rbxb4 Rc8 29.Rbc4 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 Kf7 31.Re4 h6 32.gxh6 gxh6 33.Kb3 h5 34.c4 Rg2


35.c5 Rg6 36.Kb4 Rg4 37.Rc4 Ke6 38.Kb5 Kd7 39.c6+ Kc7 40.Rc1 Rxh4 41.Rf1 Rg4 42.Rf7+ Kc8 43.Kb6 Rb4+ 44.Kc5 Rb1 


45.Rh7 Rc1+ 46.Kb6 Rb1+ 47.Kc5 Rc1+ 48.Kd6 Rd1+ 49.Ke5 Re1+ 50.Kf4 Rf1+ 51.Kg5 Rg1+ 52.Kxh5 Rh1+ 53.Kg6 Rxh7 54.Kxh7 Kc7 55.Kg6 Kxc6, draw.