Wednesday, June 26, 2024

2 PCG Games 6/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

dragansplit (Chess.com 1856) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 6/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.f4 c5 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxh7 Rxh7 13.Bxh7 g6 14.Qd3 Bf5 15.Qd1 Nbc6 16.Qf3 Qa5


17.Bxe3 Qxc3+ 18.Kf2 Qxe3+ 19.Qxe3 dxe3+ 20.Kxe3 O-O-O 21.Rad1 Rh8 22.Bxg6 Bxg6 23.h3 Nf5+ 24.Kf2 Nfd4 25.g4 Rf8 26.f5 Nxe5 27.Kg3 Be8 28.Rhe1 Nxc4 29.Rc1 b5 30.a4 a6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra1 Bc6


33.Ra7 Nd6 34.h4 Ne4+ 35.Kf4 Nf6 36.Re5 Nd5+ 37.Kg3 b4 38.Ra5 Nb3 39.Ra7 c4 40.Re6 Nd4 41.Re1 c3, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ArtinShoaei (lichess 2118) - JimWest (lichess 2112), lichess 6/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O f4 7.h3 h6 8.Re1 Nf6 9.d4 g5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Bxd8 12.Nd5 g4 13.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Nh2 Bd7 16.c3 O-O-O 17.g3 fxg3 18.fxg3 Bg5 19.Bxg5 hxg5


20.Rad1 g4 21.Be2 Rdg8 22.Rd2 Be6 23.b3 Rh3 24.Kg2 Kb8 25.Bb5 Nd8 26.Bd7 Rgh8 27.Rh1 Bxd7 28.Rxd7 Ne6 29.Re7 Ng5 30.Rxe5 Rxh7+ 31.Rxh7 Rxh7+ 32.Kf1 Rh1+ 33.Ke2 Re1+ 34.Kd3 Rd1+ 35.Kc4 Nf7


36.Re7 Nd6+ 37.Kb4 b6 38.e5 a5+ 39.Ka4 Nf5 40.Rf7 Nxg3 41.e6 Re1 42.e7 Kb7 43.Rg7 Nf5 44.Rxg4 Nxe7 45.a3 Nc6 46.b4 axb4 47.cxb4 Re8 48.b5 Ra8+ 49.Kb3 Na5+ 50.Kb4 Rh8


51.Re4 Rh1 52.Ka4 Rc1 53.Kb4 Rc5 54.Rd4 Rh5 55.Ka4 Rh3 56.Kb4 c5+ 57.bxc6+ Nxc6+ 58.Kc4 Nxd4 59.Kxd4 Rxa3, White resigns.