Wednesday, July 24, 2024

2 PCG Games 7/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tariqkhan99 (Chess.com 1797) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 7/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Nf3 f5 6.exf5 Nf6 7.Bg5 e4 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Bxe4 Bd7 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Nd5 Qh6 13.Nxb4 Nxb4 14.Qc1 Qf6 15.c3 Nc6 16.Qf4 Rhf8 17.g4 h6 18.Kh1 Rde8


19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.cxd4 g6 21.Rac1 c6 22.d5 Qd4 23.f3 gxf5 24.gxf5 Rxf5 25.Qxf5 Bxf5 26.Bxf5+ Kb8 27.dxc6 bxc6 28.Be4 Rxe4 29.fxe4 Qxe4+ 30.Kg1 Qg4+ 31.Kf2 Qf4+ 32.Kg2 Qg4+ 33.Kf2 Qf4+ 34.Ke2 Qxh2+ 35.Kd3 Kc7


36.Rf7+ Kb6 37.Rff1 Kc7 38.Rh1 Qxb2 39.Rc4 Qxa2 40.Rhc1 Qa3+ 41.R1c3 Qd6+ 42.Rd4 Qg6+ 43.Kc4 h5 44.Rcd3 Qe6+ 45.Kc3 a5 46.Rc4 Kb6 47.Rdd4 c5 48.Re4 Qh3+ 49.Kb2 Qg2+ 50.Ka3 Qf3+ 51.Ka4 Qd1+ 52.Ka3 Qa1+ 53.Kb3 Qb1+ 54.Ka3 Qa1+ 55.Kb3 Kb5


56.Ra4 Qd1+ 57.Ka3 Qd3+ 58.Kb2 c4 59.Rexc4 Qxc4 60.Rxc4 Kxc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Arad201391 (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2106), lichess 7/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Nh4 f4 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ke2 Nc5 15.Qe1 Qe7 16.Rb1 Ne6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Qg1 O-O


19.Qg4 Qxg4 20.fxg4 f3+ 21.Kf1 Bh4 22.Nd1 Rad8 23.Ne3 d5 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Nf5 Bf6 26.Ke1 e4 27.d4 g6 28.Ne3 Bxd4 29.Kd2 Bxe3+ 30.Kxe3 Rfe8 31.Rhd1 g5 32.b4 axb4 33.Rxb4 Rd7 34.Rb5 Rc8


35.Rbxd5 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Rxc2 37.Rd8+ Kg7 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.Kxe4 Rxf2 40.Rxb7 Ra2 41.Kxf3 Ra3+ 42.Kg2 Rxa4 43.Rb6+ Kg7 44.Rb3 h5 45.Rb7+ Kf6 46.gxh5 Rh4 47.Rb6+ Kg7 48.Rg6+ Kh7 49.Rxg5 Kh6 50.Ra5 Rxh5 51.Ra6+ Kh7 52.Kg3 Rg5+ 53.Kh4 Rg6


54.Ra7+ Rg7 55.Ra5 Rb7 56.Kg5 Rc7 57.h4 Rb7 58.h5 Rc7 59.h6 Rb7 60.Kh5 Rc7 61.Rg5 Ra7 62.Rb5 Rc7 63.Kg4 Kxh6 64.Kf3 Kg6 65.Kf4 Rc4+ 66.Kg3 Rc3+ 67.Kf4 Rc4+ 68.Ke3 Rc3+ 69.Kd4 Rg3


70.Ke4 Rg5 71.Rb6+ Kh5 72.Kf4 Rg4+ 73.Kf3 Ra4 74.Rb8 Ra3+ 75.Kf4 Ra4+ 76.Kf5 Ra5+ 77.Ke4 Ra4+ 78.Kd5 Ra5+ 79.Kc4 Ra4+ 80.Kb5 Ra1 81.Kc6 Rd1 82.Rh8+ Kg4 83.Rg8+ Kf3 84.Rf8+ Ke2 85.Kc5 Rf1


86.Rh8 Rf5+ 87.Kd4 Ra5 88.Rh2+ Kf3 89.Rh3+ Kg4 90.Rc3 Rf5 91.Rc8 Rf1 92.Rg8+ Kh5 93.Ke5 Kh6 94.Ke4 Kh7 95.Rg2 Rf7 96.Ke5 Rf1 97.Rg3 Rf2 98.Rh3+ Kg7 99.Rg3+ Kf7, draw.