Thursday, November 7, 2024

2 PCG Games 11/6/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

asdejx (Chess.com 1878) - JimWest (Chess.com 1949), Chess.com 11/6/2024

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.Nf7 Kxf7 12.Bc4+ Kg7 13.Qg5+ Kh8 14.Bf4 Bg7 15.O-O-O Nbd7 16.h4 Nf8 17.h5 h6 18.Qg3 c6 19.Be5 Be6


20.Bxe6 Nxe6 21.Rhe1 Ng5 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.c3 Rf8 24.Rf1 Qf4+ 25.Qxf4 Rxf4 26.g3 Rf3 27.Rde1 b5 28.Re3 Rf5 29.f4 exf3 30.Re7 a5 31.Rc7 Rf6 32.Kd2 a4 33.Kd3 Re6


34.Rf2 Kg8 35.b3 axb3 36.axb3 Bf8 37.Ra2 Ne4 38.Ra8 Nxg3 39.Rcc8 Rf6 40.Rxf8+ Rxf8 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 42.Ke3 f2 43.Kxf2 Ne4+ 44.Ke3 Nxc3 45.Kd3 Nd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Brantom_1988 (lichess 2073) - JimWest (lichess 2107), lichess 11/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.c3 Nc5 7.Bc2 a5 8.a3 a4 9.O-O f4 10.d4 Nb3 11.Bxb3 axb3 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Nxe5 Be6 15.Bxf4 Nf6 16.Rd1+ Ke8 17.f3 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Ke7 19.Nd2 Rad8


20.Ndc4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8 23.Be3 Bxe3 24.Nxe3 Kc7 25.Nf5 Bxf5 26.exf5 Nd5 27.g4 Ne3 28.Kg1 Nd1 29.Nd3 b6 30.Kf1 Ne3+ 31.Ke2 Nc4 32.h4 Kd6 33.g5 Ke7 34.Nc1 Nxb2 35.Nxb3 Nc4 36.a4 c5


37.f4 Nd6 38.a5 bxa5 39.Nxa5 Nxf5 40.Kd3 Nxh4 41.Kc4 Ng2 42.Kxc5 Nxf4 43.Nc6+ Ke6 44.Nd4+ Ke5 45.c4 h5 46.gxh6 gxh6 47.Nf3+ Ke6 48.Kc6 h5 49.c5 Nd3


50.Kb6 Nxc5 51.Kxc5 Kf5 52.Kd4 Kf4 53.Nh4 Kg4 54.Ng6 Kg5 55.Ne5 Kf4 56.Ng6+ Kf5 57.Nh4+ Kg5 58.Nf3+ Kf4 59.Ne5 Kf5 60.Nf3 Kg4 61.Ne5+ Kg3 62.Ng6 h4 63.Nxh4, draw.