Monday, November 20, 2023

2 PCG Games 11/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

sircamos (Chess.com 1946) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 11/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 d5 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.Qb5 O-O-O 11.c3 Qxe6 12.Be2 Be7 13.h3 Kb8 14.a4 h6 15.Be3 a6 16.Qb3 Na5 17.Qa2 Nc4 18.Nd2 Nxd2 19.Kxd2 Qc6


20.b4 Kc8 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Qb6 23.Qa7 Qxa7 24.Rxa7 b6 25.Bf4 Bd6 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Rxg7 Rhg8 28.Rxg8 Rxg8 29.g3 Kb7 30.h4 Ra8 31.Rc1 Ra2+ 32.Rc2 Ra1 33.Rc1 e3+ 34.fxe3 Ne4+ 35.Kc2 Ra2+ 36.Kd1 Nxg3


37.Bf3 Ne4 38.Bxe4 dxe4 39.Rc2 Ra5 40.Rb2 Ra1+ 41.Kc2 Rh1 42.c4 Rxh4 43.Kc3 Rh3 44.Re2 Rh1 45.Rf2 Rc1+ 46.Rc2 Rxc2+ 47.Kxc2 Kc7 48.Kd2 d5 49.c5 bxc5 50.dxc5 h5 51.Ke2 h4


52.Kf2 d4 53.exd4 h3 54.d5 e3+ 55.Kxe3 h2 56.d6+ Kd7, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bobbyf72 (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2161), lichess 11/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Qd3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Qe2 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 Qd7 13.Be3 c6 14.Rad1 d5 15.Qf4 O-O 16.Qg3 Bd6 17.Qh4 Qg4 18.Qxg4 Nxg4


19.h3 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rf8+ 22.Ke1 Bg3+ 23.Ke2 Rf2+ 24.Kd3 Rxg2 25.e4 dxe4+ 26.Nxe4 Be5 27.b3 Rh2 28.Nc5 Rxh3+ 29.Ke4 Bf6 30.Nxb7 h5 31.Nd6 Rh2 32.Kd3 h4 33.Ne4 h3 34.Rg1 Rg2 35.Nxf6+ gxf6 36.Rh1 h2


37.a4 a5 38.c3 Kf7 39.b4 axb4 40.cxb4 Ke6 41.a5 Kd6 42.Kc4 Kc7 43.b5 cxb5+ 44.Kxb5 Kb7 45.Kc5 Ka6 46.Kd5 Kxa5 47.Ke4 Kb5 48.Kf5 Rf2+ 49.Ke4 Kc6 50.Ke3 Rc2 51.Kf3 Kd6 52.Re1 Rc8 53.Kg2 Rh8 54.Rh1 Ke5 55.Rxh2 Rxh2+ 56.Kxh2 Kf4


57.Kh1 Kf3 58.Kg1 f5 59.Kf1 f4 60.Kg1 Ke2, White resigns.