Monday, April 21, 2025

2 PCG Games 4/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

KnightyKnightmare (Chess.com 1910) - JimWest (Chess.com 1966), Chess.com 4/20/2025

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.Bg5 Be7 12.d5 Nbd7 13.Qd4 b6 14.c4 Kxh8 15.Nd2 Nc5 16.O-O Bf5 17.f3 Nd3 18.Kh1 e3


19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Nf2+ 21.Kg1 N2xe4 22.Bxe3 Bc5 23.Qd3 Qd6 24.Bd4 Bxd4+ 25.Qxd4 Rf8 26.Rae1 c5 27.Qe3 Rg8 28.Qf4 Qxf4 29.Rxf4 Re8 30.g4 h6 31.Ref1 Kg7 32.h4 Rf8


33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Nxg5 35.d6 Nh3+ 36.Kh2 Nxf4 37.Rxf4 Rd8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

WINNER4|LIFE (lichess 2149) - JimWest (lichess 2153), lichess 4/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Qc7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.Be6 O-O-O 14.b3 Kb8 15.Bb2 Nc5 16.Bc4 g5 17.a4 h5


18.b4 g4 19.hxg4 hxg4 20.Qe2 Ncd7 21.b5 Bc5 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Ba3 Bd4 24.Rab1+ Ka8 25.Ba6 Nb6 26.a5 Qh7, White resigns.