Monday, February 24, 2025

2 PCG Games 2/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

marwandk (Chess.com 1912) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 2/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.f4 Bc5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 c6 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.a3 O-O 11.Na4 Qa5+ 12.Nc3 Nf5


13.Bd2 e3 14.Bc1 Nd4 15.Qd3 Bf5 16.Qd1 Nxc2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

zedd7777 (lichess 2057) - JimWest (lichess 2053), lichess 2/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Bxg8 Rxg8 5.d3 Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.h4 f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.d5 Bg4 10.Qd3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd7 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.f3 Nh5 16.Qc4 O-O-O 17.Qa6+ Qb7 18.Qxb7+ Kxb7 19.Ne2 d5


20.exd5 cxd5 21.Bd2 Ka8 22.O-O-O d4 23.Rdg1 d3 24.cxd3 Rxd3 25.Bc3 Rc8 26.g4 fxg3 27.Nxg3 Nxg3 28.Rxg3 e4 29.Re1 Bxh4 30.Rgg1 Bxe1 31.Rxe1 exf3

32.Rf1 g5 33.Kc2 Rdxc3+ 34.bxc3 g4 35.Kd3 Re8 36.Rf2 h5 37.Rh2 Re5 38.c4 g3, White resigns.