Friday, December 22, 2023

2 PCG Games 12/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

MagMalol (Chess.com 1859) - JimWest (Chess.com 1940), Chess.com 12/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c6 12.Be2 Qe7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.Bg5 Qxe6 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Qxb7 Rb8 18.Qa6 Rbf8 19.O-O Nxd4


20.cxd4 Qxa6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.a4 Rc8 23.a5 Rc4 24.Rfd1 Rb4 25.h4 Rb5 26.Rdc1 Raxa5 27.Rc8+ Kf7 28.Rc7+ Kf6 29.Rac1 Ra6 30.g4 h6 31.R1c6+ Rxc6 32.Rxc6+ Kf7 33.Rc7+ Kg8 34.Rxa7 Rb4 35.Rd7 Rxd4


36.Kf1 Kh7 37.Ke2 Rd3 38.h5 Rd4 39.f3 exf3+ 40.Kxf3 Kg8 41.Kg3 Rd1 42.Kf4 Rd4+ 43.Kf3 Kf8 44.Kg3 Rd1 45.Kf4 Rf1+ 46.Ke5 d4 47.Rxd4 Ke7 48.Rf4 Rxf4 49.Kxf4 Kf6


50.Kg3 Kg5 51.Kf3 g6 52.hxg6 Kxg6 53.Kg3 Kg5 54.Kh3 h5 55.gxh5 Kxh5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HARWAE (lichess 1998) - JimWest (lichess 2156), lichess 12/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O d5 10.Ba2 Qd7 11.Nh2 O-O-O 12.b4 Kb8 13.b5 Nd4 14.a4 Bb4 15.Ne2 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Bc3 17.Rb1 Rhe8 18.Bd2 Bxd2 19.Qxd2 e4


20.d4 g5 21.a5 Nh5 22.g4 e3 23.fxe3 Ng3 24.gxf5 Nxf1 25.Nxf1 Qxf5 26.Qg2 h5 27.Ng3 Qe6 28.Re1 h4 29.Nh1 Rg8


30.e4 g4 31.Bxd5 Rxd5 32.exd5 Qxe1+ 33.Qf1 gxh3+, White resigns.