Saturday, February 8, 2025

2 PCG Games 2/7/2025

Philidor Counter Game

jimmy652 (Chess.com 1857) - JimWest (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 2/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Ne4 exf2+ 11.Nxf2 Nc6 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.Qxd4 Nxd4 14.Bd3 Nb3 15.Rb1 Nxc1 16.Rxc1 Ne7 17.g4 O-O 18.h3 Nc6 19.O-O Nxe5


20.Be2 Bd7 21.Ne4 Bc6 22.Nc5 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 Rxf3 24.Ne6 Rg3+ 25.Kf2 Rg2+ 26.Ke1 Re8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

escalierauxframboise (lichess 2098) - JimWest (lichess 2050), lichess 2/7/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Qa4+ Nc6 12.Bb5 Bxc3 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qxc6+ Bd7 15.Qxc3 O-O 16.Nb3 Rc8 17.Nc5 Bb5 18.Re1 Qd6


19.Qg3 Qxg3 20.hxg3 Ng4 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Rf6 23.a4 Bc4 24.Rc3 Rcf8 25.Rc2 Bd3 26.Rd2 Re8 27.b4 Bc4 28.Nd7 Rd6 29.Ne5 Rb8 30.b5 a6 31.Nxc4 dxc4 32.bxa6 Rxa6 33.Rc2 Rb4


34.a5 Kf7 35.Kf1 Ke6 36.Ke2 Kd5 37.Rh1 Kxd4 38.Rxh7 Rxa5 39.Rxg7 Rd5 40.Rd2+ Kc5 41.Rc7+ Kd6 42.Rxd5+ Kxd5 43.f3 Rb2+ 44.Ke3 Rb3+ 45.Kf4 e3 46.Rd7+ Ke6 47.Rd8 Ke7 48.Rd1 c3, White resigns.