Wednesday, August 13, 2025

2 PCG Games 8/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Benedicto23 (Chess.com 1787) - JimWest (Chess.com 1947), Chess.com 8/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nxe4 Qe7 7.Bd3 d5 8.f3 dxe4 9.fxe4 Bxf5 10.O-O Bg4 11.Qe1 Qd7 12.Be3 Be7 13.e5 Nd5 14.c4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Nc6 16.d5 O-O-O 17.h3 Nxe5 18.Qxe5 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Bxh3


20.gxh3 Qxh3+ 21.Qh2 Qxd3 22.Nc3 Qxc4 23.Rac1 Rxd5 24.Nxd5 Qxd5+ 25.Qg2 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Bd6 27.Rf7 Re8 28.Rc2 Re7 29.Rcf2 Kd7 30.Kh3 Be5 31.b3 Ke6 32.Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.Re2 Kd6 34.Kg4 Bf6


35.Rh2 h6 36.Kf5 c5 37.Rd2+ Kc6 38.Ke6 Bd4 39.Rh2 b5 40.Rh4 a5 41.Kf5 b4 42.Ke4 Kb5 43.Kd3 a4 44.Rh3 axb3 45.axb3 Bf6 46.Rh5 Bg5 47.Rh3 Bf6 48.Rh5 Bg5 49.Rh3 Bf6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

aliahmedali (lichess 1973) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 8/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6  3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Bg5+ Nf6 10.Nbd2 Kd7 11.O-O Rae8 12.Rfe1 a6 13.a4 Kc8 14.Rac1 Kb8 15.b4 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 e4

 

18.Bxd6 exf3 19.Bxc7+ Kxc7 20.Nxf3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.h3 Nd6 24.Bb3 g4 25.hxg4 Bxg4 26.Nd2 Bf5 27.f3 h5 28.Kf2 b5 29.a5 Ne5 30.Ke3 Nec4+ 31.Nxc4 Nxc4+ 32.Bxc4 bxc4


33.Kf4 Bg6 34.Kg5 Be8 35.g4 hxg4 36.fxg4 Kc6 37.Kf6 Kb5 38.Ke5 Ka4 39.Kd4 Kb3 40.g5 Bh5 41.b5 axb5 42.a6 b4 43.a7 Bf3 44.g6 bxc3 45.g7 c2 46.g8=Q c1=Q


47.Qb8+ Kc2 48.Qh2+ Qd2+ 49.Qxd2+ Kxd2 50.Kxc4 Kc2 51.Kc5 Kc3 52.Kb6 Kb4 53.Kc7 Ka5 54.Kb8 Kb6 55.a8=Q Bxa8, draw.