Wednesday, May 14, 2025

2 PCG Games 5/13/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

eyesonthesky (Chess.com 1913) - JimWest (Chess.com 2050), Chess.com 5/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O h6 7.d3 Ngf6 8.Nh4 Bh7 9.Bh5+ Ke7 10.Be2 g5 11.Nf3 c6 12.Nh2 Qe8 13.b3 Bg7 14.Nd2 Qg6 15.Bb2 Rhe8 16.Re1 Kf8 17.Nc4 Re6 18.Ba3 c5 19.Bf3 Rb8


20.Ng4 b5 21.Nxf6 Nxf6 22.Ne3 b4 23.Bb2 Kg8 24.a3 a5 25.axb4 axb4 26.Ra6 Kh8 27.Qa1 Qe8 28.Ng4 Bf5 29.Nxf6 Rxf6 30.Qd1 Bc8 31.Ra7 Bd7 32.Bh5 Qc8 33.Re3 Bc6 34.f3 Rf8


35.Re1 Qe6 36.Qe2 Rb7 37.Rea1 Rxa7 38.Rxa7 Ra8 39.Rxa8+ Bxa8 40.Qe1 Bc6 41.Qa1 Kh7 42.Qa6 Bd5 43.Bg4 Qg6 44.Qc8 e4 45.Bf5 Bxb2 46.Bxg6+ Kxg6 47.fxe4 Bd4+ 48.Kf1 Bf7 49.Qf5+ Kg7


50.g3 Be5 51.Kg2 Bg6 52.Qd7+ Bf7 53.h4 gxh4 54.gxh4 h5 55.Kf3 Kg6 56.Qf5+ Kg7 57.Ke3 Bd4+ 58.Kf4 Be5+ 59.Qxe5+ dxe5+ 60.Kxe5 Bg8 61.Kd6 Kf6 62.Kxc5 Ke5 63.Kxb4 Kd4 64.e5 Be6


65.Kb5 Kc3 66.Kc5 Kxc2 67.d4 Bxb3 68.d5 Kd3 69.e6 Ke4 70.e7 Ba4 71.Kd6 Kf5 72.Kc7 Ke5 73.d6 Ke6 74.Kd8 Kxd6 75.e8=Q Bxe8 76.Kxe8 Ke6 77.Kf8 Kf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZVIAD64 (lichess 2080) - JimWest (lichess 2108), lichess 5/13/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Rhe1 Bxc4 13.Nxc4 Bb4 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.Rxe4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Ne6 17.g3 Nc5 18.Re7 Rf7 19.Rde1 Raf8


20.R1e5 b6 21.Ne3 Rxe7 22.Rxe7 Rf7 23.Re8+ Rf8 24.Re5 g6 25.Kb2 Rf7 26.c4 Kg7 27.Kc3 a5 28.Nd5 Na4+ 29.Kd4 c6 30.Ne3 Rd7+ 31.Ke4 Nc3+ 32.Kf3 Nxa2


33.Re6 Rc7 34.Ng4 Nb4 35.c3 Nd3 36.Ke3 Nc5 37.Rd6 a4 38.Ne5 a3 39.Rd2 Na4 40.Kd4 Nb2 41.Rc2 c5+ 42.Ke3 Ra7 43.Rc1 a2 44.Ra1 Nd1+ 45.Kd2 Nf2 46.Kc2 Kf6 47.Kb3 g5 48.Rxa2 Rxa2 49.Kxa2 gxf4 50.gxf4 Kf5


51.Nd7 Nd1 52.Kb3 h5 53.Nxb6 Kxf4 54.Nd7 Kg4 55.Nxc5 Kh3 56.Ne4 Kxh2 57.c5 Ne3 58.Nf6 h4 59.c6 Nf5 60.Ne4 Ne7 61.c7 Kg2


62.Ng5 Kg3 63.Ne4+ Kf4 64.Nf2 Kf3 65.Nh3 Kg3 66.Ng5 Kg4 67.Ne4 Kf4 68.Nf2 Kf3 69.Nh3 Kg3 70.Ng5 Kg4 71.Ne4 Kf4, draw.