Thursday, June 12, 2025

2 PCG Games 6/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nguyenvungocDuyen0105 (Chess.com 2060) - JimWest (Chess.com 1990), Chess.com 6/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.c3 Nd7 6.Qb3 Nc5 7.Qd1 Nf6 8.O-O Bd3 9.Bxd3 Nxd3 10.Qe2 Nxc1 11.Rxc1 c6 12.d4 e4 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.c4 O-O 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qb5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ng4


19.f3 Nxe5 20.fxe4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxe4 23.Re1 Qc6 24.Rxe5 Qxb5 25.Rxb5 b6 26.Kg1 Rac8 27.h3 h6 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Rc2 30.a3 Kf7 31.Rb3 g5


32.Rf3+ Kg6 33.Rf2 Rxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Kf5 35.Kf3 h5 36.g4+ hxg4+ 37.hxg4+ Ke5 38.Ke3 b5 39.b3 a5 40.b4 a4 41.Kd3 Kf4 42.Kd4 Kxg4 43.Kc5 Kf5 44.Kxb5 g4 45.Kc6 g3 46.b5 g2 47.b6 g1=Q


48.b7 Qc1+ 49.Kd7 Qb2 50.Kc7 Qc3+ 51.Kd7 Qd4+ 52.Kc8 Qc5+ 53.Kd7 Qb6 54.Kc8 Qc6+ 55.Kb8 Ke6 56.Ka7 Qc7 57.Ka8 Qa5+ 58.Kb8 Kd6 59.Kc8 Qc7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ravindranathp (lichss 2171) - JimWest (lichess 2040), lichess 6/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.Ng5 h6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Nc3 Na6 9.a3 f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.Qe2 Bg4 12.Qc4 O-O-O 13.Bd2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Kb8 15.O-O-O exd4 16.Qxd4 Bf6 17.Qc4 g5 18.Qe6 Qe7 19.Qb3 Nc5


20.Qc4 Qe6 21.Qxe6 Nxe6 22.Ne2 d5 23.h4 dxe4 24.fxe4 f3 25.Ng3 Nd4 26.hxg5 Bxg5 27.Bxg5 hxg5 28.Rde1 Rh8 29.c3 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 Nb3+ 31.Kc2 Nc5


32.Rh5 Nd3 33.Rxg5 Nxf2 34.Rf5 Re8 35.Rf4 c5 36.Kd2 c4 37.Rxf3 Nxe4+ 38.Nxe4 Rxe4 39.Re3 Rh4 40.Re2 b5 41.Kc2 Kb7 42.b3 cxb3+ 43.Kxb3 a6 44.Re6 a5 45.Rd6 a4+ 46.Kc2 Rh2+ 47.Rd2 Rxd2+ 48.Kxd2 Kc6


49.Kd3 Kd5 50.c4+ bxc4+ 51.Kc3 Kc5 52.Kc2 Kd4 53.Kd2 c3+ 54.Kc2 Kc4, White resigns.