Saturday, August 17, 2024

2 PCG Games 8/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Zaenalbaru (Chess.com 2085) - JimWest (Chess.com 1970), Chess.com 8/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Ndf2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.Na3 Ne7 12.g4 Bd7 13.O-O Nbc6 14.Nb5 O-O-O 15.c4 a6 16.d5 Ne5 17.Nc3 Bxg4 18.Bxg4+ Nxg4 19.Rf7 Ng6


20.Rxg7 Rd7 21.Rxd7 Kxd7 22.Rf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8 Nxf8 24.Nce4 Ke7 25.h3 Ne5 26.Kg2 Nfd7 27.b3 a5 28.Ng5 Nf6 29.Ne6 c6 30.Nf4 cxd5 31.cxd5 Ng6 32.Nxg6+ hxg6 33.Nc4 Nxd5 34.Nxa5 b5


35.Nc6+ Kd7 36.Nd4 b4 37.Nc2 Kc6 38.a4 bxa3 39.Nxa3 Kc5 40.Kf3 Kb4 41.Nc4 Kxb3 42.Nxd6 Kb4 43.Kg4 Kc5 44.Nf7 Kd4 45.Nh8 Ke5 46.Kg5 Ke6 47.h4 Ke7 48.Nxg6+ Kf7 49.h5 Kg7


50.h6+ Kh7 51.Nf8+ Kh8 52.Kg6 Ne7+ 53.Kg5 Ng8 54.h7 Nf6 55.Kxf6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GNPikachu (lichess 2299) - JimWest (lichess 2188), lichess 8/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Qxf8 15.O-O-O Nf6 16.Bc4 Qb4 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.f3 exf3 19.gxf3 Bf5


20.c3 Nbd5 21.Rde1 c6 22.Re5 Bg6 23.Rhe1 Kg7 24.Kd2 Rf8 25.Rg1 b5 26.Bd3 Kf7 27.Bf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 a5 29.Rfg5 Ke6 30.b3 Rf7 31.Rg7 Rxg7 32.Rxg7 Ne7


33.c4 bxc4 34.bxc4 Nf5 35.Ra7 Nxd4 36.Ke3 Nf5+ 37.Kf2 Nd6 38.Rxa5 Nxc4 39.Rc5 Ne5 40.Rc2 Kd6 41.a4 Nd5 42.a5 Nd3+ 43.Kg3 N3b4 44.Rc1 c5 45.f4 Kc6 46.f5 Kb5 47.Ra1 c4 48.Kh4 c3 49.Kg5 c2


50.f6 Nxf6 51.Kxf6 Ka6 52.h4 Nd3 53.h5 c1=Q 54.Rxc1 Nxc1 55.Kg7 Nd3 56.Kxh7 Nf4 57.h6 Ne6 58.Kg6 Nf8+ 59.Kg7 Ne6+ 60.Kf6 Nf8 61.Kf7 Nh7 62.Kg7 Ng5 63.Kg6 Ne6 64.Kf6 Nf8 65.Kf7 Nh7


66.Kg7 Ng5 67.Kg8 Kxa5 68.h7 Nxh7, draw.