Thursday, March 28, 2024

2 PCG Games 3/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

pramod037 (Chess.com 1789) - JimWest (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 3/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.a4 Bg4 11.b3 Nd7 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 O-O-O 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.a5 g5 16.a6 b5 17.Raa1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 g4


19.Kh1 gxf3 20.Qxf3 Rd2 21.Rac1 Qd7 22.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Qg4 24.Qxg4+ Nxg4 25.Rd2 Nf6 26.f3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Kxd8 28.Nd1 Kc7 29.c4 bxc4 30.bxc4 Kb6 31.Nb2 Kxa6


32.Nd3 Nd7 33.Kg2 Kb6 34.Kh3 a5 35.Kh4 a4 36.Kg5 a3 37.Nc1 Kc5 38.Kh6 Kxc4 39.Kxh7 Kc3 40.Na2+ Kb2 41.Nb4 a2 42.Nxa2 Kxa2 43.h4 c5 44.h5 Nf6+ 45.Kg6 Nxh5


46.Kf5 c4 47.Kxe5 c3 48.Kf5 c2 49.e5 c1=Q 50.e6 Ng7+ 51.Kf6 Nxe6 52.Kxe6 Qe3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Scorp3P (lichess 1978) - JimWest (lichess 2108), lichess 3/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.O-O Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.c3 Bg7 14.f3 Bf5 15.Bg5 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qxd4+ 17.Kh1 Qxb2 18.Nd2 Rd8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6


20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.fxe4 Rg8 22.Qf2 Qxf2 23.Rxf2 Bxa1 24.Rf7 Re8 25.Rf4 Be5 26.Rf5 Bd6 27.g4 Rxe4, White resigns.