Wednesday, April 23, 2025

2 PCG Games 4/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MELLOPROO1 (Chess.com 1934) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 4/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.a3 Be7 7.b4 a6 8.Bb2 f4 9.h3 h6 10.Bb3 g5 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.d4 Nbd7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.O-O-O b5 15.g3 a5


16.bxa5 Qxa5 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Nh4 Bxa3 19.Ng6 Bxb2+ 20.Kxb2 Qa3+ 21.Kb1 Qa1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AZHS220612 (lichess 2237) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 4/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Bf7+ Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Ke8 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 Nf6 10.Qh4 Rg8 11.Nf4 Rg4 12.Qh3 fxe4 13.Qe3 Bd6 14.Ne2 Bf5 15.Nbc3 Qe7 16.Bd2 Kd7 17.O-O-O Rag8 18.Ng3 Bxg3 19.hxg3 Kc8


20.Rde1 Kb8 21.f3 Rxg3 22.Qf4 Bc8 23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Qd6 25.Qxd6 cxd6 26.Bf4 Rxg2 27.Bxd6+ Ka8 28.b3 Bf5 29.Rc4 Rg1+ 30.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 31.Kb2 a6


32.Bc5 Rg2 33.a4 h5 34.Bb6 Kb8 35.Rf4 Rxc2+ 36.Ka3 Bc8 37.Rh4 Rc3 38.Rxh5 Rxf3 39.Rh8 a5 40.Rg8 Rf5 41.Rh8 Nb4 42.Bxa5 Rxa5 43.Kxb4 Rg5 44.Rf8 b6


45.Kc4 Kb7 46.Rf7+ Ka6 47.Rf4 Be6+ 48.Kb4 Rg3 49.Rc4 Bxc4 50.bxc4 Rg5, White resigns.