Sunday, August 17, 2025

2 PCG Games 8/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

renatovb5 (Chess.com 1761) - JimWest (Chess.com 1938), Chess.com 8/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ c6 4.Ba4 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Bb3 Be7 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nbd7 12.c4 g5 13.b4 Kf8 14.Nc3 Kg7 15.d5 a5 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.b5 Nc5


18.bxc6 Nxe6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.cxd5 Nc5 21.Rb1 Rhb8 22.Ba3 Nxe4 23.Qd3 Nf6 24.Qf5 Nxd5 25.h4 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Qxc6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Rb3 Rf8 29.Qg4 Qc8 30.Qf3 Qe6 31.Rb7 Rf7


32.Rb8 Nf6 33.Qc6 Qd5 34.Qc8 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Ng4+ 36.Kh3 Nxf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

winchess64 (lichess 2060) - JimWest (lichess 2065), lichess 8/16/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 h6 10.Nh4 Bh7 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Bxh4 13.gxh4 Qxh4 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Kh1 a6 16.Rg1 Nf6 17.f3 Nh5 18.Bf2 Qf6 19.Bg3 Nf4


20.Bxf4 Qxf4 21.Raf1 Rf7 22.Bh3 Re8 23.Rg4 Qf6 24.Rfg1 Kh8 25.R1g3 Rg8 26.Bg2 d5 27.c3 dxe4 28.fxe4 Qf2 29.Qc4 Qe1+, White resigns.