Friday, April 25, 2025

2 PCG Games 4/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vinayakghate1950 (Chess.com 1950) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 4/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bb3 Kh8 13.Ne2 Qe8 14.c3 Bd6 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.h3 Qg6 17.Qd2 h6 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Kh1 Raf8


20.Ng1 Bf4 21.Qe2 h5 22.Bd1 Be8 23.f3 Qg3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Milius007 (lichess 2107) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 4/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Be2 Ne7 8.e6 O-O 9.Nf7 Qe8 10.Bh5 g6 11.Qd4 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 Rxf7 13.exf7+ Qxf7 14.Be2 c6 15.b3 Nf5 16.Bb2 Qg7 17.Qxg7+ Nxg7 18.c4 Be6 19.cxd5 cxd5


20.O-O Nc6 21.Rfd1 Rd8 22.h3 d4 23.Bc4 Bxc4 24.bxc4 d3 25.Rab1 b6 26.Bf6 Rd6 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Kf1 Rd4 29.Rbc1 Kf6 30.Rc3 Ne5 31.c5 bxc5 32.Rxc5 Ra4 33.Rd2 h5 34.f3 e3 35.Rb2 e2+ 36.Ke1 h4


37.Rd5 g5 38.Rd2 Ra3 39.Rd6+ Kf5 40.Rd5 Rc3 41.Kf2 Rc1 42.Rxe2 dxe2 43.Kxe2 Rc2+ 44.Ke3 Rxa2, White forfeits.