Saturday, July 19, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

aromeoallepuz (Chess.com 2080) - JimWest (Chess.com 2041), Chess.com 7/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.Nh4 Bc8 8.Nc3 c6 9.d4 e4


10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxg6 Nf6 13.Ne5+ Nxh5 14.Bf7+ Kf8 15.Bh6+ Ng7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

BezvinniAlex (lichess 2084) - JimWest (lichess 2071), lichess 7/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.Qf4 Ng4 11.Qxf6 gxf6 12.f3 Nf2 13.Rg1 Nd7 14.Bh6 Ke7 15.Nc3 Rxh8 16.Na4 Nd3+ 17.cxd3 Bxg1 18.dxe4 dxe4 19.fxe4 Bxh2


20.O-O-O Rg8 21.b3 Rg6 22.Be3 b6 23.Nc3 Be5 24.Nd5+ Bxd5 25.Rxd5 c6 26.Rd2 Rg3 27.Bf2 Rc3+ 28.Kb1 Bf4 29.Rc2 Rxc2 30.Kxc2 c5 31.Bc4 Ne5 32.Bd5 Ng4 33.Bg1 Be3 34.Bxe3 Nxe3+ 35.Kd3 Nxd5 36.exd5 Kd6


37.Ke4 b5 38.g4 h6 39.Kf5 Kxd5 40.Kxf6 c4 41.bxc4+ bxc4 42.Kg6 c3 43.Kxh6 c2 44.g5 c1=Q 45.a4 a5 46.Kg6 Kc4 47.Kf6 Qxg5+ 48.Kxg5 Kb4, White resigns.