Thursday, May 23, 2024

2 PCG Games 5/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

parmanand1970 (Chess.com 1834) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 5/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 h6 8.Nf3 d5 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 e4 12.dxe4 dxe4 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5+ Kh8 16.Qh5 Nd4 17.Ba4 b5 18.Bb3 Nxb3 19.cxb3 Qf6


20.Be3 Bf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Re2 Qg5 23.Qg4 Rf4 24.Qxg5 hxg5 25.g3 Rf6 26.Ng2 Rd8 27.Rc1 c6 28.b4 Rfd6 29.Rc5 Rd1+ 30.Ne1 R8d6 31.Rxg5 Bg6


32.Rc5 Kh7 33.Rc3 Bf5 34.g4 Bg6 35.Kf1 Re6 36.Rce3 Rec6, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

jidan75 (lichess 2077) - JimWest (lichess 2119), lichess 5/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Bxd8 8.O-O f4 9.Bd5 Nge7 10.a3 Bg4 11.Nd2 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 O-O 13.Nc4 b5 14.Nd2 Nd4 15.c3 Ne2+ 16.Kh1 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 a5 18.c4 c6 19.Nc3 b4


20.axb4 axb4 21.Nd1 f3 22.gxf3 Bxf3+ 23.Nxf3 Rxf3 24.Kg2 Rf7 25.Ne3 Bg5 26.Rcd1 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Rxf1 28.Kxf1 Kf7 29.Rd7+ Kf6 30.Rd6+ Kg5 31.Rxc6 Ra1+ 32.Ke2 Ra2 33.Re6 Rxb2+ 34.Kd3 Rb3+ 35.Ke2 Rb2+ 36.Kf3 Rxh2 37.Rxe5+ Kf6


38.Rb5 Rb2 39.e5+ Kf5 40.e4+ Ke6 41.Ke3 h5 42.Kf4 h4 43.Rb6+ Kf7 44.Kg4 Re2 45.Kf3 Rb2 46.e6+ Ke7 47.Kg4 Re2 48.Kf3 Rb2 49.Rb7+ Kxe6 50.Rxg7 Rc2 51.Rh7 Rxc4 52.Rxh4 b3


53.Rh1 Ke5 54.Rh5+ Kd4 55.Rb5 Kc3 56.Kf4 Rb4 57.Rd5 b2 58.Rd1 b1=Q 59.Rxb1 Rxb1 60.e5 Kd4 61.e6 Rf1+ 62.Kg5 Kd5 63.e7 Re1 64.Kf6 Kd6, White resigns.