Saturday, July 27, 2024

2 PCG Games 7/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

skakfan (Chess.com 1830) - JimWest (Chess.com 1888), Chess.com 7/26/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nh4 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.c3 Rac8 17.Bd5 b6 18.Bxc6 Rxc6 19.h3 Ke6


20.Rd3 d5 21.Rhd1 d4 22.Kd2 dxc3+ 23.Rxc3 Rhc8 24.Rdc1 Rxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.Kxc3 Kd5 27.f3 f5 28.Kd3 g5 29.g4 f4 30.b4 b5 31.a3 a6


32.Kc3 e4 33.Kd2 exf3 34.Ke1 Kd4 35.Kf2 Ke4 36.Kf1 Ke3 37.h4 gxh4 38.g5 h3 39.g6 h2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dimitriy2022 (lichess 1978) - JimWest (lichess 2088), lichess 7/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.O-O f4 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nxd4 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 Bg7 12.c3 Nc6 13.g3 Qd7 14.Kh2 fxg3+ 15.fxg3 O-O-O 16.Bxh6 Bxh6 17.Rf7 Ne7 18.Qb3 Kb8 19.Be6 Qe8


20.Na3 Rf8 21.Raf1 Rxf7 22.Rxf7 Be3 23.Nc4 Bb6 24.a4 Nc6 25.Nxb6 axb6 26.Rxh7 Na5 27.Qa2 Qc6 28.b4 Qxe4 29.bxa5 bxa5 30.Bd5 Qd3


31.Qb2 Qxd5 32.Rg7 Qc4 33.Rxg6 Qxa4 34.h4 Qe4 35.h5 Rh8, White forfeits.