Tuesday, February 11, 2025

2 PCG Games 2/10/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

sillygambitaccepted (Chess.com 1917) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 2/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Nc3 c6 6.d3 Nf6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Ne2 d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Ng5 Nf8 13.c4 h6 14.Nf3 d4 15.Nxd4 O-O-O 16.Ndf5 Bb4 17.Re2 e4 18.Bd2 Rxd3


19.Qc2 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Bxf5 21.Nxf5 Qd7 22.Rxd3 exd3 23.Qd2 Qxf5 24.Re1 N8d7 25.c5 Nxc5 26.Qa5 d2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

miguelon54 (lichess 2018) - JimWest (lichess 2055), lichess 2/10/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.d4 fxe4 9.Bc4+ Kh8 10.dxe5 exf3 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.g3 Re8+ 13.Kf1 Bh3+ 14.Kg1 Bg2 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nf4 Bxh1 17.Kxh1 Nc6 18.Qxf3 Ne5 19.Qd5 c6


20.Qd4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 d5 22.Qb3 Qb6 23.Qf3 Qxb2 24.Qd1 Qe5 25.Qg4 Qxa1+ 26
.Kg2 Qe5 27.Qh4 Qf6 28.Qh3 g6 29.Qh6 Qg7 30.Qg5 Re5 31.Qg4 Re4 32.f3 Rxf4 33.Qxf4 Rf8 34.Qd6 Qf6 35.Qa3 Qxf3+ 36.Qxf3 Rxf3 37.Kxf3 Kg7


38.Kf4 Kf6 39.h4 h6 40.g4 g5+ 41.hxg5+ hxg5+ 42.Ke3 Ke5 43.c3 c5 44.a4 a5 45.Kf3 d4 46.cxd4+ cxd4 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.Kd2 b6 49.Ke2 d3+ 50.Kd2 Kd4 51.Ke1 Kc3 52.Kd1 d2 53.Ke2 Kc2 54.Ke3 d1=Q, White resigns.