Saturday, January 6, 2024

2 PCG Games 1/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

bishop1512 (Chess.com 1791) - JimWest (Chess.com 1967), Chess.com 1/5/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5+ g6


7.Nxh7 gxh5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nf6+ Nxf6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Bf4 Bxb2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

queengametime (lichess 2037) - JimWest (lichess 2115), lichess 1/5/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qe2 c6 8.h4 h5 9.f3 Bc5 10.fxe4 Bg4 11.Qd3 Ne7 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 cxd5 14.Bb5+ Nbc6 15.Nc3 O-O 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Na5 Bf2+ 18.Kd2 Rf5 19.b3 Rxe5


20.Bb2 Be3+ 21.Ke1 Bd4+ 22.Kf1 Rf8+ 23.Nf3 Bxb2 24.Nxb2 Bxf3 25.gxf3 Rxf3+ 26.Kg2 Rfe3 27.Nd3 Re2+ 28.Kf1 R5e4 29.Nf2 R4e3 30.Nd1 Re1+ 31.Kg2 Rxh1 32.Kxh1 Rh3+ 33.Kg2 Rxh4 34.Nf2 Rf4


35.Re1 Kf7 36.Nd3 Rg4+ 37.Kf3 Rh4 38.Ne5+ Kf8 39.Nd7+ Ke8 40.Nf6+ Kd8 41.Rd1 Rh3+ 42.Kg2 Rc3 43.Rd2 Nf5 44.Nh7 Rxc2 45.Rxc2 Ne3+ 46.Kf3 Nxc2 47.Nf8 Nb4 48.a3 Nc2 49.a4 Nd4+ 50.Kg3 Nxb3 51.Nxg6 a5 52.Nf4 Nc5 53.Nxh5 Nxa4


54.Kf4 Nc3 55.Ke5 a4 56.Nf4 a3 57.Ne6+ Kc8 58.Nd4 Kc7 59.Nc2 a2 60.Kd4 Nb5+ 61.Kc5 d4 62.Kc4 Kb6 63.Kb3 d3 64.Na1 c5 65.Kb2 c4 66.Kc1 Nd4 67.Kb2 Kb5 68.Kc3 Nb3 69.Nxb3 cxb3 70.Kb2 d2


71.Kxb3 d1=Q+ 72.Kxa2 Kc4 73.Ka3 Qb3#.