Monday, February 5, 2024

2 PCG Games 2/4/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tango-Foxtrot (Chess.com 2098) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 2/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Nfd2 d5 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Ng6 11.c4 Nxe5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Na4 Qxb3 15.axb3 Nbd7 16.Rfd1 a6 17.c5 Bg4 18.Bxg4 Nxg4 19.Nxe4 Rae8


20.Nd6 Re2 21.h3 Rfxf2 22.hxg4 Rxg2+ 23.Kh1 Ne5 24.Re1 Rh2+ 25.Kg1 Nf3+ 26.Kf1 Ref2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tzimask (lichess 2040) - JimWest (lichess 2185), lichess 2/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Nh4 a5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Bxh4 12.g3 Bg5 13.Qg7 Qf6 14.Qc7 Nd7 15.h4 Bh6 16.g4 Bf8 17.g5 Qe7 18.f3 Nc5 19.Qb6 Bh3


20.Rfe1 Qd8 21.Qxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rad1 Be6 23.Bb3 Nxb3 24.axb3 Be7 25.Kf2 O-O 26.Ne2 b5 27.d4 a4 28.bxa4 bxa4 29.d5 cxd5 30.exd5 Bf5 31.c4 Rb8 32.Rd2 Rfc8 33.Rc1 Rb4 34.c5 Rxc5 35.Rxc5 dxc5 36.d6 Bd8


37.Nc3 Be6 38.Ne4 Kf7 39.Kf1 Rd4 40.Rc2 c4 41.Ke2 Bf5 42.Rd2 Bxe4 43.fxe4 Rxd2+ 44.Kxd2 Ke6, White resigns.