Tuesday, March 19, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

maki_rio (Chess.com 1792) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 3/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.f3 Qa5 12.Qe3 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.bxc3 b5 15.fxe4 Nxe4 16.Bh4 Nxc3 17.Re1 Nxa2+ 18.Kb2 Nb4 19.Be7 Nxc2


20.Kxc2 Rf2+ 21.Re2 Rxe2+ 22.Bxe2 Bf5+ 23.Bd3 Bxd3+ 24.Kxd3 Na6 25.Nxc6 Re8 26.Ra1 Nb8 27.Nxb8 Rxe7 28.Nc6 Rf7 29.Ra2 a6 30.Nb4 a5 31.Nxd5 a4 32.Kc3 Rf1 33.Rb2 a3 34.Ra2 Rc1+ 35.Kd2 Rg1


36.Ke3 Re1+ 37.Kd2 Rg1 38.Kc3 Rc1+ 39.Kb3 Rd1 40.Kxa3 Rxd4 41.Nc7 b4+ 42.Kb3 h5 43.Na6 g5 44.Nxb4 Rh4 45.h3 g4 46.hxg4 Rxg4 47.Rf2 h4 48.Nd5 Rg3+ 49.Kc2 h3 50.gxh3 Rxh3


51.Kd2 Kg7 52.Ne3 Rh5 53.Kd3 Ra5 54.Ke4 Ra4+ 55.Ke5 Ra5+ 56.Nd5 Kg6 57.Rg2+ Kf7 58.Rh2 Kg6 59.Rg2+ Kf7 60.Rf2+ Kg6 61.Rf6+ Kg5 62.Rf1 Kg6 63.Rf6+ Kg5 64.Rd6 Kg4 65.Rg6+ Kf3 66.Rg1 Kf2 67.Rg8 Kf3


68.Rf8+ Kg4 69.Ke4 Ra4+ 70.Kd3 Ra3+ 71.Kc4 Ra4+ 72.Kb3 Ra1 73.Ne3+ Kg3 74.Kb2 Ra7 75.Nf1+ Kg4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

F3Hamij (lichess 2035) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 3/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.a4 O-O-O 14.a5 a6 15.Rfd1 Kb8


16.Be6 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Qe2 Qd6 20.Bc4 Qc7, White forfeits.