Saturday, April 26, 2025

2 PCG Games 4/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

snca2104 (Chess.com 1865) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 4/25/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bg5+ Ke8 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Be3 Nc6 13.f4 Bf5 14.Bd3 Rd8 15.Bc2 Nh6 16.O-O Rf8 17.h3 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nf5 19.Bxf5 Rxf5


20.g4 Rf8 21.Kf2 Nxe5 22.Ke2 Nxc4 23.Bxa7 b6 24.Rf3 Ra8 25.Kd3 Ne5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Viktor2021 (lichess 2085) - JimWest (lichess 2152), lichess 4/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne3 Bg6 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nf6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bb5+ Nc6 14.O-O O-O 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nc2 Qc7 17.f4 exf3 18.gxf3 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 Rae8


20.Bg5 h6 21.Bh4 Qf4 22.Bg3 Qe3+ 23.Kg2 Qe2+ 24.Rf2 Qxc2 25.Rxc2 Nh5 26.Be5 Nf4 27.Bxf4 Rxf4 28.Rb1 Rf7 29.Rcb2 Re3 30.Rc1 Rexf3 31.Rcc2 R3f6 32.h3 Rg6+ 33.Kh2 Kh7


34.Rg2 Rxg2+ 35.Kxg2 g5 36.Rb8 Rc7 37.Rd8 Kg6 38.Rd6+ Kh5 39.Kg3 a5 40.a4 c5 41.Rxd5 cxd4 42.cxd4 Rc3+ 43.Kg2 Kh4 44.Rxa5 Rc2+ 45.Kf3 Kxh3


46.d5 g4+ 47.Ke3 g3 48.d6 g2 49.Rh5+ Kg3, White resigns.