Monday, March 10, 2025

2 PCG Games 3/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ratkomih (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1954), Chess.com 3/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 Be7 5.h3 f5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.O-O f4 9.d4 g5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bb5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bd7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Nxe5 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Ng6 Rh7 17.Re1 Nd6 18.Bd2 Rg7 19.Nxe7 Rxe7


20.Rxe7+ Kxe7 21.Re1+ Kf7 22.Bb4 Re8 23.Rd1 Re6 24.Rd5 b6 25.Kf1 c5 26.Bc3 Ke7 27.b4 Ne4 28.Be1 cxb4 29.axb4 Nf6 30.Rf5 Rc6 31.c3 Ke6


32.g4 fxg3 33.Rf3 gxf2 34.Bxf2 Nd5 35.Bd4 Nf4 36.h4 Kf5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Kf2 Rh6 39.Re3 Rh2+ 40.Kf1 Kg4 41.Re7 Rh1+ 42.Kf2 Ra1 43.Re8 Ra2+ 44.Kf1 Ra1+ 45.Kf2 Nd3+ 46.Kg2 Ra2+ 47.Kf1 Ra1+ 48.Kg2 Re1


49.Ra8 Re2+ 50.Kf1 Kf3 51.Rf8+ Nf4 52.Rf7 Ra2 53.Kg1 Kg4 54.Kf1 Kg3 55.Ke1 Nd3+ 56.Kd1 Nf2+ 57.Ke1 Nd3+ 58.Kd1 Nf2+ 59.Bxf2 Rxf2 60.Rxa2 Rf6


61.Rc7 g4 62.b5 Rf5 63.c4 Rf4 64.Ke2 Kg2 65.Rc6 g3 66.c5 bxc5 67.Rxc5 Rb4 68.Kd3 Kg1 69.Kc3 Rb1 70.Kc2 Rb4 71.Kc3 Rb1 72.Kc2 Rb4 73.Kc3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pawn123qween (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2098), lichess 3/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.g4 h5 7.Be2 hxg4 8.Bxg4 g6 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.fxe6 d5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nc3 c6 13.Qe2 Na6 14.O-O-O Nc7 15.f4 Qd6 16.f5 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 gxf5 18.Qxf5 Qxe6 19.Qxe6 Nxe6


20.Bxe7 Kxe7 21.Rdg1 Rag8 22.Rxg8 Rxg8 23.h4 Nxd4, White resigns.