Tuesday, September 30, 2025

2 PCG Games 9/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

1F44_MS (Chess.com 1979) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 9/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e6 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.O-O Rh8 14.Bg5 c6 15.f4 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc3 18.Rb1 Qg3 19.h4 Nh7


20.Qe1 Qxe1 21.Rfxe1 Nxg5 22.fxg5 Rxh4+ 23.Kg1 Ne5 24.g3 Rh3 25.Kg2 Nf7 26.Rh1 Nxg5 27.Rxh3 Bxh3+ 28.Kf2 Be6 29.Rh1 d4 30.a4 e3+ 31.Ke1 Bf5 32.Rh8+ Kc7 33.Bd3 Bxd3 34.cxd3 Ne6


35.a5 b5 36.axb6+ axb6 37.Re8 Kd7 38.Rb8 b5 39.Ke2 g5 40.Kd1 Nc5 41.Kc2 e2 42.Kd2 Nxd3 43.Kxe2 Nc5 44.Rg8 Ne6


45.Kd3 c5 46.Ra8 c4+ 47.Ke4 d3 48.Ra5 d2 49.Ra1 c3 50.Kd3 b4 51.Rb1 Kd6 52.Rd1 Nc5+ 53.Kc2 Kd5 54.Rb1 Kc4 55.Rf1 b3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ASHRAF1234567 (lichess 2081) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 9/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5


6.Bf7+ Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kf6 8.Qf3 Nd4 9.Qg3 Nxc2+ 10.Ke2 Nd4+ 11.Ke1 f4 12.Qh4 Kg6 13.Nf3 Nxf3+, White resigns.