Wednesday, December 10, 2025

2 PCG Games 12/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

GM-THEWJAN (Chess.com 2011) - JimWest (Chess.com 2033), Chess.com 12/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Qg3+ Kxh8 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.d5 Nb4 16.a3 Na6 17.Qf4 Bg6 18.d6 c6 19.Rhe1 Nc5


20.Qe3 Ncd7 21.h4 h5 22.Bh6 Qf8 23.Bxg7+ Qxg7 24.f3 exf3 25.Qxf3 Rf8 26.Qh3 Rf7 27.Kb1 Ng4 28.Qg3 a5 29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.Rxe4 Ngf6 31.Qxg7+ Kxg7 32.Ra4 b6 33.Rc4 c5


34.b4 axb4 35.axb4 Ng4 36.Re1 Nge5 37.Rce4 Rf5 38.bxc5 bxc5 39.Ra4 Kf6 40.Ra6 Ke6 41.Kb2 Rf4 42.Kc3 Rxh4 43.g3 Rc4+ 44.Kb3 Rd4


45.Rh1 Rb4+ 46.Kc3 Rc4+ 47.Kb3 Rb4+ 48.Kc3 Rc4+ 49.Kb3 Rb4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mellowmusic_2019 (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2028), lichess 12/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 e3 8.fxe3 Qxe3+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 Bxf5 11.Na3 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.c3 c6 14.Ndc4 d5 15.Ne5 Ng6 16.g4 Be4 17.Nxg6 Bxg6 18.h4 Nd7 19.h5 Be4


20.Kh2 h6 21.Kg3 Rxf1 22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Nxf8 24.Bf3 Bd3 25.Kf4 Kf7 26.Ke5 Ke7 27.b3 Nd7+ 28.Kf4 Nf6 29.c4 Kd6 30.g5 hxg5+ 31.Kxg5 Ne4+ 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Kf4 a6


34.b4 b5 35.c5+ Kd5 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.Kd2 Kd5 38.Kc3 Be2 39.Nc2 Bxh5 40.Ne3+ Ke6 41.d5+ cxd5 42.Kd4 Be2 43.Nxd5 Bc4 44.Nc7+ Kd7 45.Nxa6 Bxa2 46.Kxe4 g6 47.Ke5 Kc8 48.c6 g5 49.Kf5 Bd5 50.Kxg5 Bxc6


51.Kf6 Kb7 52.Nc5+ Kb6 53.Ke7 Bg2 54.Kd6 Bf1 55.Nd7+ Kb7 56.Kc5 Be2 57.Ne5 Bf1 58.Nc6 Kc7 59.Nd4 Kb8 60.Nxb5 Bxb5 61.Kxb5 Kb7


62.Ka5 Ka7 63.Kb5 Kb7 64.Kc5 Kc7 65.Kd5 Kb6 66.Kc4 Kc6 67.Kc3 Kb5 68.Kb3 Kb6 69.Ka3 Kb5 70.Kb3 Kb6 71.Kc4 Kc6 72.b5+ Kb6 73.Kb4 Kb7 74.Kc5 Kc7 75.b6+ Kb7 76.Kb5 Kb8


77.Kb4 Kb7 78.Kc5 Kb8 79.Kc6 Kc8 80.Kd6 Kb7 81.Kc5 Kb8 82.Kb5 Kb7 83.Ka5 Kb8 84.Ka6 Ka8 85.b7+ Kb8 86.Kb6, stalemate.