Wednesday, March 26, 2025

2 PCG Games 3/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolodej99 (Chess.com 1900) - JimWest (Chess.com 1991), Chess.com 3/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.a4 a5 9.O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.h3 g5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nxg5 h5 14.Nf3 Na6 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.Rfd1 Bg4 17.Be2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Rd8 19.Qe2 Qf7


20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rd1+ Kc7 22.Qd2 Rd8 23.Qe2 Ne6 24.Rxd8 Bxd8 25.Bxh5 Qg7 26.Bg4 Nd4 27.Qc4 f3 28.Nb5+ Nxb5 29.axb5 fxg2 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Qc5 Kb7


32.b4 Bb6 33.Qd6 axb4 34.Bd7 Bxf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pandaboy1 (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 3/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d5 8.Bb3 Bb4 9.O-O c6 10.h3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Bb2 Kh8 13.c4 h6 14.Re1 Nbd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.c4 Nb6 17.cxd5 Nbxd5 18.Rc1 Nf4


19.Nf1 Nd3 20.Ba1 Nxc1 21.Qxc1 Rc8 22.Qf4 Bh7 23.Ng3 Nh5 24.Qe5 Nxg3 25.Qxg3 Qa5 26.Rd1 Qg5 27.Qd6 e3 28.fxe3 Qxe3+ 29.Kh1 Be4 30.d5 Qxh3+ 31.Qh2 Bxg2+ 32.Kg1 Qxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Bf3


34.Rg1 Rg8 35.d6 Bc6 36.Bxg8 Rxg8 37.Kh3 Kh7 38.Be5 g5 39.Kg4 Bd7+ 40.Kh5 Be8+ 41.Kg4 h5+ 42.Kg3 h4+ 43.Kg4 Bd7+ 44.Kh5 Be8+ 45.Kg4 Bd7+ 46.Kh5 Be8+ 47.Kg4, draw.