Saturday, February 10, 2024

2 PCG Games 2/9/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Albertoaraujo67 (Chess.com 1823) - JimWest (Chess.com 1930), Chess.com 2/9/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bb3 Na6 8.a3 Nc5 9.Ba2 a5 10.Qe2 a4 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.O-O-O Qe7 14.Rhe1 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 d5 17.Qg6+ Kf8 18.h3 Bd7 19.Kb1 Be8


20.Qg3 e4 21.dxe4 dxe4 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Qf4 Re8 24.Rd2 g5 25.Qe3 Kg7 26.Rde2 Qe5 27.c3 Bf5 28.Nxf5 Qxf5 29.g4 Qg6 30.Qc5 e3+ 31.Ka1 exf2 32.Qxf2 Rxe2 33.Rxe2 Re8 34.Rd2 Re7


35.Rd6 Re8 36.Bb1 Qf7 37.Bf5 Qf8 38.Rd7+ Re7 39.Qd2 Rxd7 40.Qxd7+ Qe7 41.Qxe7+ Bxe7 42.Bc8 b6 43.Bd7 c5 44.Bxa4 Kf6 45.Kb1 Ke5 46.Kc1 Kf4 47.Kd1 Kg3 48.Bd7 Kxh3 48.a4 Kg3


50.Ke2 Kf4 51.Kd3 Ke5 52.Ke3 Kd6 53.Bc8 Ke5 54.Bd7 Kd6 55.Bc6 Ke5 56.Bd7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

matya2 (lichess 2145) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 2/9/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb3 h6 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.g3 g5 11.h4 Bg4 12.Qd3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Nbd7 14.g4 O-O-O 15.h5 Kb8 16.Bc4 Bc5 17.Na4 Be7 18.Be6 Nc5 19.Nxc5 Bxc5


20.c3 Rd6 21.Bf5 Rhd8 22.b4 Bb6 23.a4 Rd3 24.Qe2 a6 25.Ra3 Qd6 26.Re1 Rd1 27.Ra1 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Qd3 29.Bb2 Qg3+ 30.Kh1 Qh3+ 31.Kg1 Nxg4


32.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 33.Kf1 f3 34.Qc1 Qg2+, White forfeits.