Sunday, February 23, 2025

2 PCG Games 2/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MisterMiles (Chess.com 1995) - JimWest (Chess.com 1949), Chess.com 2/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.d3 Be7 6.a3 h6 7.Nd5 Nf6 8.Nxe7 Qxe7 9.O-O f4 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 O-O-O 13.c3 g5 14.b4 h5 15.b5 Na5 16.Bd5 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Qe2 Nxd5 19.Qxg4+ Kb8


20.exd5 Nb3 21.Rb1 Nxc1 22.Rbxc1 Rh4 23.Qf3 Rdh8 24.Kf1 Qd7 25.a4 Qg4 26.Ke2 Qxf3+ 27.Kxf3 Kc8 28.d4 R8h5 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.c4 b6 31.Rcd1 Kd7 32.Re4 Kd6


33.Rde1 Rg5 34.g3 Rh3 35.Kg2 Rh6 36.Kf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

salidhtr (lichess 1983) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 2/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.f4 c5 11.Be2 Ne7 12.O-O O-O 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Bb2 Nbc6 15.Qb3 Kh8 16.Rad1 h6 17.Ne4 b6 18.Nd6 Nf5


19.Bf3 Nxd6 20.Bxc6 e2 21.Rxd4 exf1=Q+ 22.Kxf1 Rb8 23.Rxd6 Rxf4+ 24.Kg1 Qf8 25.Bf3 Bb7 26.Rd5 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Rbf8 29.h3 Qc4 30.Qxc4 Rxc4 31.e6 Rxf3 32.gxf3 Kg8 33.d6 Kf8 34.d7 Ke7 


35.Bxg7 Rc1+ 36.Kg2 Rd1 37.Bxh6 Kxe6 38.Bg5 Rxd7 39.h4 Kf5 40.f4 Rd2+ 41.Kf3 Rd3+ 42.Ke2 Rxa3 43.h5 Rh3 44.h6 Kg6, White resigns.