Wednesday, June 12, 2024

2 PCG Games 6/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

sarathporps (Chess.com 1835) - JimWest (Chess.com 1844), Chess.com 6/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Nc6 9.c4 d4 10.c5 Bxc5 11.Nf7 Qe7 12.Nxh8 Be6 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 15.Qb3 Nd5 16.Nf3 Rxh8 17.Bd2 Re8 18.Rac1 Bb6 19.a4 Nf4


20.Qxe6+ Nxe6 21.Nxe5 Nc5 22.f4 Nb3 23.Rc2 Nxd2 24.Rxd2 Nxe5 25.fxe5 Rxe5 26.b4 a6 27.Rc1+ Kb8 28.a5 Bd8 29.Rc4 Bg5 30.Rd1 Be3+ 31.Kf1 f4 32.h3 h5 33.Re1 g5 34.Re2 g4 35.Rec2 Re8


36.h4 f3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Brantom_1988 (lichess 2066) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 6/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Kb8 13.Rfd1 h6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Rd2 g5 16.Nh2 Ngf6 17.f3 Nb6


18.Rad1 Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Rd8 21.Rd3 Rxd3 22.Qxd3 Qc5+ 23.Kf1 Kc7 24.Ng4 Nxg4 25.hxg4 Qd6 26.Ke2 Qxd3+ 27.Kxd3 Kd6 28.Kc4 a6 29.b4 b5+ 30.Kd3 c5 31.c3 c4+ 32.Ke2 Ke6


33.Kf2 Kf6 34.g3 Kg6 35.gxf4 gxf4 36.Kg2 Kg5 37.Kh3 h5 38.gxh5 Kxh5 39.Kg2 Kh4 40.Kh2 Kg5 41.Kh3 Kh5 42.Kh2 Kh4 43.Kg2 Kg5 44.Kf2 Kh4 45.Kg2 Kg5 46.Kh3 Kh5, draw.