Wednesday, July 3, 2024

2 PCG Games 7/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Champov (Chess.com 1671) - JimWest (Chess.com 1874), Chess.com 7/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.h3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.Be6 O-O-O 13.a4 Kb8 14.a5 a6 15.Nc4 d5 16.Nd2 Rdf8 17.c4 d4 18.f3 Bb4 19.O-O Nc5


20.Bg4 Bxd2 21.Bxd2 Nxg4 22.fxg4 Rxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Nb3 24.Rd1 Nxd2 25.Rxd2 Qxa5 26.Re2 Qc7 27.b4 Re8 28.Qc1 c5 29.bxc5 Qxc5 30.Qg5 Qd6 31.Re4 Qf6 32.Qc1 Rf8 33.Qe1 Re8


34.h4 Qd6 35.Qa5 Ka7 36.c5 Qc6 37.Qb4 Qb5 38.Qa3 a5 39.Re2 Qb4 40.Qxb4 axb4 41.Ra2+ Kb8 42.Ra5 e4 43.dxe4 Rxe4 44.Rb5 d3 45.c6 d2 46.Rxb7+ Kc8 47.Rd7 Re1+ 48.Kh2 d1=Q, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EDGE4 (lichess 2233) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 7/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.h3 a5 8.O-O b5 9.Nxb5 cxb5 10.Bxb5+ Bd7 11.a4 O-O 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.d4 e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.c4 Kh8 16.c5 Na6 17.Nb3 Nb4 18.Rc1 h6 19.Bf4 Nd3


20.Bxd3 exd3 21.Re1 Ne4 22.f3 d2 23.Bxd2 Nxd2 24.Qxd2 Bf6 25.Rc3 Qc7 26.Nc1 Rae8 27.Ne2 g5 28.Rec1 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Bxd4+ 30.Kh1 Bxc3 31.Rxc3 d4 32.Rc1 d3 33.Qd2 Re8


34.Qc3+ Kh7 35.Qf6 Bg6 36.h4 d2, White resigns.