Tuesday, September 19, 2023

2 PCG Games 9/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Papaflessas (Chess.com 1872) - JimWest (Chess.com 1922), Chess.com 9/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.a4 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.O-O d5 10.Bb3 Bd6 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Ng3 Bh7 13.c4 Nc5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Ne4 Ncxe4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 17.Re1 Kh8 18.Nh2 d4


19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.Qxg4 Bf5 21.Qh5 Qe8 22.Qd1 Qg6 23.Kh1 Rad8 24.Rf1 Bb8 25.Bd2 e4 26.Bb4 Rfe8 27.Qe1 e3 28.f3 Bg3 29.Qc1 d3 30.Bc3 d2


31.Bxd2 exd2 32.Qc3 Re1 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Be1 35.Qc7 Re8 36.Bf7 Bg3 37.Bxg6 Re1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mozaffarifard (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 9/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.Qe2 O-O-O 11.O-O-O Rde8 12.Rhe1 Rgf8 13.h3 Kb8 14.Qe3 h6 15.Kb1 Be6 16.d4 Qf7 17.a3 Bd5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5


20.Qg3 Qxf2 21.Qxf2 Rxf2 22.Rxe5 dxe5 23.g3 e4 24.c4 Be6 25.Nxe4 Bf5 26.Re1 Rf3 27.g4 Bg6 28.Kc1 Rxh3 29.Nd6 Rh2 30.Nf5 Bxf5 31.gxf5 Rf2 32.Rg1 Rxf5 33.Rxg7 a5 34.Rh7 h5 35.Kd2 a4 36.Kc3 c5


37.b4 axb3 38.Kxb3 Ka7 39.Rh6 b6 40.Ka4 Ka6 41.Rh7 Rf4 42.Kb3 Rf3+ 43.Ka4 Rh3 44.Rh6 h4 45.Rh7 Rh1 46.Rh6 h3 47.Rh7 h2


48.Rh6 Rc1 49.Rxh2 Rxc4+ 50.Kb3 Kb5 51.Ra2 Rh4 52.a4+ Ka5 53.Rb2 Rb4+, White resigns.