Wednesday, January 24, 2024

2 PCG Games 1/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

dragonplays512 (Chess.com 1825) - JimWest (Chess.com 1959), Chess.com 1/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nc3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.a4 O-O-O 12.b3 Ne7 13.Bb2 Ng6 14.Ba3 Bxa3 15.Rxa3 h5 16.b4 Nh4 17.Qe2 f3 18.Qe3 fxg2 19.Rd1 Kb8


20.b5 Nb6 21.Bd3 Rhf8 22.Be2 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Rd8 24.Rd3 Rxd3 25.Qxd3 Ng6 26.bxc6 Nf4 27.Qe3 Qxc6 28.Bd3 Nxa4 29.Qg3 g6 30.Qe3 Nc5 31.Qf3 Ncxd3 32.cxd3 Qc2 33.d4 Qc4 34.Ne3 Qc1+ 35.Qd1 Qxd1+ 36.Nxd1 exd4


37.e5 Kc7 38.f3 Kd7 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Nb2 Kxe5 41.Nc4+ Ke6 42.Kg3 g1=Q+ 43.Kxf4 Qc1+ 44.Ke4 Qxc4 45.f4 d3+ 46.Ke3 Kf5 47.h4 Qxf4+ 48.Kxd3 Qxh4 49.Kc3 Qe4 50.Kd2 h4 51.Kc3 h3 52.Kd2 h2 53.Kc3 h1=Q


54.Kb3 Qhf3+ 55.Ka2 Qee2+ 56.Kb1 Qff1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Newbe_Carlos (lichess 2161) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 1/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.a4 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nbd2 d5 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Ne4 Kh8 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Re1 Qc7 16.Nh2 Rae8 17.Ng4 e4 18.dxe4 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4


20.Rxe4 dxe4 21.Nxf6 Nxf6 22.Qd4 a6 23.Rd1 Re8 24.Kh1 e3 25.fxe3 Ne4 26.Qd7 Qxd7 27.Rxd7 Nc5 28.Rf7 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Rc7 Nxb3 31.cxb3 Rxe3 32.Rxc6 Rxb3

33.Rb6 Rxb2 34.Kh2 b4 35.h4 b3 36.h5 Rb1 37.Kg3 b2 38.Kg4 Kh7 39.g3 Kg8 40.Rb7 Kf8 41.Rb8+ Kf7 42.Rb7+ Kf6 43.Rb6+ Ke5 44.Rb5+ Kd4 45.Rb7 Kc3 46.Rxg7 Rd1 47.Rb7 b1=Q 48.Rxb1 Rxb1


49.Kf5 Kd4 50.g4 Rb6 51.g5 Rb5+ 52.Kg6 hxg5 53.h6 g4 54.h7 Rb8, White resigns.