Sunday, June 1, 2025

2 PCG Games 5/31/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jalapindraj (Chess.com 1998) - JimWest (Chess.com 2023), Chess.com 5/31/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Bxd8 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.O-O-O fxe4 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nxe4 Bg4 12.Rxd8+ Kxd8 13.Nxf6 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Rf8 15.Rd1+ Nd4 16.Nxh7 Rh8 17.Ng5 Ke7 18.h3 b5 19.Bd5 c6


20.Be4 Rag8 21.f4 Ne2+ 22.Kb1 Nxf4 23.Nf3 Rd8 24.Re1 Kd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

TucanoRook (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2016), lichess 5/31/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd1 Bg7 8.Bf4 Ne7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Bh6 Nbc6 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Nc3 Nxe5 13.O-O-O c6 14.h4 Nf5 15.h5 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Qf6 17.hxg6 Nxg6 18.Qe3 Qf4 19.Qxf4 Rxf4


20.Rd2 Be6 21.Ne2 Rxf2 22.Nd4 Rf6 23.g3 Raf8 24.Nxe6+ Rxe6 25.Rdh2 Rh8 26.Bh3 Rf6 27.Kd2 Ne5 28.Bg2 Nf3+ 29.Bxf3 Rxf3 30.g4 Rg3 31.Rh4 h6


32.Ke2 Rg2+ 33.Ke3 Rxc2 34.Kf4 Rf8+ 35.Ke5 Rh8 36.g5 h5 37.Ke6 Rg2 38.Rxh5 Rxh5 39.Rxh5 Kg6 40.Rh8 Rxg5, White resigns.