Friday, May 3, 2024

2 PCG Games 5/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Eriil2004 (Chess.com 1872) - JimWest (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 5/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.h3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Bc4+ Kh8 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 g5 13.g4 Qe8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bf6 16.Bd2 c6 17.Bb3 Be6 18.Bxe6 Qxe6


19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3+ Qe5 21.Qxe5+ dxe5 22.f3 Rad8 23.Rad1 Kg7 24.Kf2 Kf6 25.Ke2 Ke7 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Kxd1 Kd6 29.b4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Temur777 (lichess 2125) - JimWest (lichess 2140), lichess 5/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Rhe1 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Nf7 14.Nxd6 Nxd6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Nxe4 Rxf4 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Rxd6 Rc8 19.Red1 Rf2


20.R6d2 Rcf8 21.c4 h5 22.Kc2 Kh7 23.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 24.Rd2 Rf1 25.b4 Kg6 26.c5 a6 27.a4 Ra1 28.Kb3 Rb1+ 29.Rb2 Rc1 30.Rc2 Rb1+ 31.Kc4 Ra1 32.Rd2 Rxa4 33.Rd7 Ra2 34.Rxb7 Rxg2 35.Rb6+ Kf5 36.Rxa6 Rxh2


37.c6 Rc2+ 38.Kb5 h4 39.Kb6 h3 40.c7 h2 41.Ra1 g5 42.Kb7 g4 43.c8=Q+ Rxc8 44.Kxc8 g3 45.b5 g2 46.b6 g1=Q 47.Rxg1 hxg1=Q


48.b7 Qc5+ 49.Kd7 Qb6 50.Kc8 Qc6+ 51.Kb8 Ke6 53.Ka7 Qc7 54.Ka8 Qa5+ 55.Kb8 Kd6 56.Kc8 Qc7#.