Wednesday, June 19, 2024

2 PCG Games 6/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

lrLKH (Chess.com 1782) - JimWest (Chess.com 1920), Chess.com 6/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Nh6 8.h3 g5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nh2 Be6 11.Bxe6 Qxe6 12.Qb3 Qxb3 13.axb3 Nd7 14.b4 a6 15.Nd2 O-O-O 16.Nb3 Nf6 17.f3 Nf7 18.Bd2 Bd6 19.Rfd1 Bc7


20.Be1 Bb6+ 21.Bf2 Bxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Nxd8 25.Nc5 h5 26.Nd3 Nd7 27.c4 b5 28.b3 Ne6 29.Nf1 Nd4 30.Nd2 Kd8 31.Nc5 Nxc5 32.bxc5 b4


33.g3 Ke7 34.gxf4 gxf4 35.Ke1 Ne6 36.Kd1 Nxc5 37.Kc2 a5 38.Nf1 Ne6 39.h4 Nd4+, White resigns.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit

arman_1364 (lichess 2106) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 6/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bd3 e4 7.Ne5 exd3 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Nf6 10.Qe5+ Kf7 11.Nxh8+ Kg7 12.Bg5 Be7 13.cxd3 Nc6 14.Qg3 Kxh8 15.O-O Nxd4 16.Nc3 Nf5 17.Qe5 Qd6 18.Bxf6+ Qxf6 19.Qxf6+ Bxf6


20.Nxd5 Bd8 21.Rfe1 Nd6 22.Re3 Bd7 23.Rae1 Bc6 24.Nb4 Bg5 25.Rg3 Bd2 26.Re7 Nf5 27.Nxc6 bxc6 28.Rxc7 Nxg3 29.hxg3 Rd8 30.Rxa7 Rxd3 31.Ra8+ Kg7 32.Ra7+ Kg6 33.Rc7 Rd6


34.Kh2 Ba5 35.Rc8 Bb6 36.Rf8 Rd2 37.Rc8 Rxf2 38.Rxc6+ Rf6 39.Rxf6+ Kxf6 40.Kh3 Ke5 41.Kg4 h6 42.Kh5 Be3 43.a4 Kd5 44.b3 Kc5, White forfeits.