Wednesday, March 5, 2025

2 PCG Games 3/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

OMCMgrnlz (Chess.com 1836) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 3/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bd2 Bg4 9.Bc3 Nd7 10.Nbd2 O-O-O 11.Qe1 Bd6 12.a4 g5 13.a5 a6 14.b4 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 g4 16.Nd2 f3 17.g3 h5 18.Qe3 h4 19.Qa7 Nb8


20.Bxg8 Rdxg8 21.Nc4 Bc7 22.Rad1 hxg3 23.Bxe5 gxh2+ 24.Kh1 Qxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Qc5 Re8 27.Rd3 Nd7 28.Qc4 g3 29.fxg3 Bxg3 30.Rxd7 Kxd7 31.Qf7+ Kc8 32.Rxf3 Be5


33.Rd3 Rhf8 34.Qd7+ Kb8 35.Rd1 Bc7 36.Qd3 Rd8 37.Qe2 Rxd1+ 38.Qxd1 Rg8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ismail033 (lichess 2069) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 3/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.Bb3 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd7 12.Be6 O-O-O 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.d5 Kb8 15.Bxd7 Qxd7 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.b4 Ka8 18.b5 cxb5 19.Nd5 Rc8


20.Qb3 Qc6 21.f3 Qxc2 22.Qxb5 Qc5+ 23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.Rfd1 Rhc8 25.a4 Bd8 26.Rdb1 Ba5 27.Rb5 Rc1+ 28.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29.Kh2 Be1 30.h4 Bg3+ 31.Kh3 h5, White resigns.