Saturday, May 10, 2025

2 PCG Games 5/9/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

madehajabar (Chess.com 1961) - JimWest (Chess.com 2056), Chess.com 5/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Be2 Be7 7.Qb3 Bc8 8.Ng5 d5 9.c4 h6 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Nc3 dxc4 12.Qxc4 Qd6 13.Nb5 Qb4+ 14.Bd2 Qxc4 15.dxc4 Bd6 16.c5 a6 17.cxd6 axb5 18.dxc7 Bg4 


19.Bxb5 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Kd7 21.Bc3 Kxc7 22.Rg1 g5 23.h4 Rhg8 24.hxg5 Rxg5


25.a4 Rxg1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hnbu_m (lichess 2204) - JimWest (lichess 2118), lichess 5/9/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ng4 Bxf4+ 15.Kb1 f5 16.Nf2 Rad8 17.Nd5 Bd6 18.g4 c6 19.Nc3 e3


20.gxf5 Rxf5 21.Nfe4 Bc7 22.Rde1 Bb6 23.Rhf1 Rxf1 24.Rxf1 Kh8 25.Rf7 Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Nxf8 27.Nd6 Ba5 28.Ne2 b5 29.c3 Bc7 30.Nf5 Bxh2 31.Nxe3 h5


32.Nd4 Bg1 33.Nef5 Bxd4 34.cxd4 Ne6 35.Kc2 Kh7 36.Kd3 a6 37.a3 c5 38.d5 c4+ 39.Ke4 Nd8 40.d6 Kg6 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.Ng3 h4 43.Ne4+ Ke6 44.Nc5+ Kxd6 45.Nxa6 Ne6+ 46.Kg4 Nc5 47.Nb4 Nd3 48.Kxh4 Nxb4 49.axb4 Ke5


50.Kg3 Kd4 51.Kf4 c3 52.bxc3+ Kxc3 53.Ke3 Kxb4 54.Kd2 Kb3 55.Kc1 Ka2 56.Kc2, White resigns.