Wednesday, June 4, 2025

2 PCG Games 6/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Fish_Stalker (Chess.com 1875) - JimWest (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 6/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.d5 Na5 16.Be2 b6 17.Qf4 Bg6 18.h4 h5 19.g4 Nb7


20.gxh5 Bh7 21.Rhg1 Nd6 22.h6 Qf8 23.Qe5 Re8 24.Bh5 Rd8 25.Kb1 e3 26.fxe3 Nde4 27.c3 Bd6 28.Qd4 Qe7 29.Rgf1 Nxg5+ 30.Ka1 Nge4 31.Rf5 Bxf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igor959 (lichess 2033) - JimWest (lichess 2030), lichess 6/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Bg3 O-O 13.Rfe1 Nd4 14.Rad1 Nf5 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Rae8 18.f4 g5


19.Rf1 gxf4 20.gxf4 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Rxe5 22.fxe5 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Kf7 24.Kf2 Ke6 25.Kf3 Kxe5 26.Kg4 Kf6 27.Kh5 Kg7 28.Kg5 h6+ 29.Kf5 Kf7 30.g4 a5 31.a4 c6


32.c4 b6 33.b3 c5 34.g5 hxg5 35.Kxg5 Ke6 36.Kf4 Kf6 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kf4 Kf6 39.Ke4 Ke6 40.Kf4, draw.