Sunday, January 26, 2025

2 PCG Games 1/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Saranshkhati (Chess.com 1786) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 1/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qf3 Bb4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 h6 12.Nh3 O-O 13.Qg3 Kh7 14.f3 f4 15.Qf2 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Qb6 17.Ba3 Qxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Rfe8 19.Ba4 a6


20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Rab1 Rab8 22.Rb3 Rxb3 23.cxb3 g5 24.c4 e4 25.fxe4 dxe4 26.dxe4 Rxe4 27.Bb2 Kg6 28.Bxf6 Kxf6 29.Rd2 Ke7 30.Kf2 a5 31.Kf3 Re3+ 32.Kg4 f3 33.Rf2 Re2 34.Kg3 Kd6


35.Kxf3 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Kc5 37.Ke3 Kb4 38.Kd3 Ka3 39.Kc3 c5 40.Kd3 Kxa2 41.Kc2 Ka3 42.Kc3 h5 43.h4 g4 44.Kc2 Kb4 45.Kb2 a4 46.bxa4 Kxa4 47.Kc3 Ka3 48.Kd2 Kb3 49.Kd3 Kb4


50.Ke4 Kxc4 51.Kf5 Kd5 52.Kg5 c4 53.Kxh5 c3 54.Kxg4 c2 55.h5 c1=Q 56.Kf5 Qh6 57.Kg4 Ke5 58.h3 Qf4#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

optiwari (lichess 1993) - JimWest (lichess 2080), lichess 1/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Bf7+ Ke7 10.exf5 Qxb3 11.Bxb3 Bxf5 12.Bc2 Nd7 13.Nbd2 Nc5 14.Ke2 Rhe8 15.b4 Ne6 16.h3 Nf4+ 17.Kf1 Bxd3+ 18.Bxd3 Nxd3


19.Ke2 Nf4+ 20.Kf1 Kf7 21.Re1 Nd5 22.Rc1 e4 23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.cxd4 Nxb4 25.a3 Nd3 26.Rc3 d5 27.Ke2 Kg8 28.a4 Nf4+ 29.Kf1 Ne6 30.Nb3 Rf8 31.Kg1 Rf6 32.g3 Raf8 33.Rc2 Rf3 34.Rb2 e3


35.fxe3 Rxg3+ 36.Kh2 Rxe3 37.Rg1 Rff3 38.Nc5 Nxc5 39.dxc5 Rxh3+ 40.Kg3 Rhg3+ 41.Kf2 Ref3+ 42.Ke2 Rxg1 43.Kxf3 Rf1+ 44.Ke3 Rf7 45.a5 a6 46.Kd4 Re7 47.Kd3 h5 48.Rg2 Kh7 49.Rg5 g6


50.Kd4 Kh6 51.Re5 Rxe5 52.Kxe5 h4 53.Kd6 h3 54.Kc7 h2 55.Kxb7 h1=Q 56.Kxc6 d4+ 57.Kb6 d3 58.c6 Qxc6+ 59.Kxc6 d2 60.Kb6 d1=Q 61.Kxa6 Qb3 62.Ka7 Qb5 63.a6 g5 64.Ka8 Qxa6+ 65.Kb8 g4 66.Kc7 g3, White resigns.