Saturday, January 20, 2024

2 PCG Games 1/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

gutom19 (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 1985), Chess.com 1/19/2024

1.Nc3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.O-O Rg8 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Ne5 Bxc4 12.Nxc4 Nbd7 13.c3 O-O-O 14.Qa4 Kb8 15.d5 h6 16.d6 cxd6 17.Bf4 Nc5 18.Qb5 Qc7 19.b4 a6


20.Qb6 Qxb6 21.Nxb6 Nd3 22.f3 Nxf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Bhavikagiyanani02 (lichess 2223) - JimWest (lichess 2153), lichess 1/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf6 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb3 Qc7 7.Ng5 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.Bxe6 f4 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qf3 O-O-O 12.a4 Kb8 13.b4 g5 14.Bd2 h5 15.Rfb1 g4 16.Qd1 Bh6 17.b5 Nc5 18.bxc6 Qxc6 19.Bf5 f3


20.Bxh6 Rxh6 21.Qd2 Rhh8 22.Qg5 Rdf8 23.Qd2 fxg2 24.Kxg2 h4 25.a5 h3+ 26.Kg1 Nh5 27.Nd5 Rxf5 28.Ne7 Qd7 29.Nxf5 Nf4 30.a6 b6 31.Qe3 Rf8


32.Nd4 exd4 33.Qxd4 Ne2+ 34.Kf1 Nxd4 35.c3 Nf3 36.Ke2 Nxh2 37.d4 Nxe4 38.f3 Nxc3+ 39.Ke3 Nxb1 40.Rxb1 Rxf3+ 41.Ke4 Qh7+ 42.Kd5 Qxb1 43.Kxd6 Qg6+ 44.Kd7 Rf7+ 45.Kd8 Qg8#.