Friday, June 20, 2025

2 PCG Games 6/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MightyJoe001 (Chess.com 1939) - JimWest (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 6/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.Nh4 O-O 8.exd6 cxd6 9.g3 Nbc6 10.Nc3 d5 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qg5 Nf5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Nxf5 Bxf5 15.O-O-O Ne7 16.h3 Rac8 17.g4 Be6 18.Nb5 a6 19.Nd4 Bf7


20.Kb1 Nc6 21.a3 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 b5 23.c3 g5 24.Be2 Bg6 25.Ka1 Rd7 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.f3 Rf8 29.fxe4 Bxe4 30.Rh6 Rf2 31.Bd1 Rf1 32.Ka2 a5


33.Rb6 b4 34.cxb4 axb4 35.Rbxb4 Rc7 36.Be2 Bb1+ 37.Kb3 Bc2+ 38.Ka2 Bb1+ 39.Ka1 Re1 40.Rd1 Rc1 41.Rxc1 Rxc1 42.b3 Bd3+ 43.Kb2 Rc2+ 44.Ka1 Rxe2


45.a4 Re4 46.Rb6 Rxg4 47.a5 Kf7 48.a6 Bxa6 49.Rxa6 Rb4 50.Kb2 g4 51.Kc3 Rb8 52.Rd6 Rb5 53.b4 g3 54.Ra6 d4+ 55.Kc4 Rg5 56.Ra1 g2 57.Rg1 Rg4


58.b5 Ke6 59.b6 Kd7 60.Kb5 Kc8 61.Ka6 Kb8 62.Re1 Rg8 63.Rg1 d3 64.Kb5 Kb7 65.Kc4 d2 66.Kc3 d1=Q 67.Rxd1 g1=Q 68.Rxg1 Rxg1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EU1992 (lichess 1979) - JimWest (lichess 2042), lichess 6/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O f4 10.Be2 b5 11.g3 g5 12.h4 g4 13.Nh2 f3 14.Nxf3 gxf3 15.Bxf3 Bg7 16.Bg2 Qf6 17.Qg5 Qxg5+ 18.hxg5 Rxf2


19.Bh3 Bxh3 20.Rxh3 Nd7 21.Rdh1 Nf8 22.Nd1 Rf3 23.Kd2 d5 24.Ke2 dxe4 25.dxe4 Rf7 26.Ne3 Rd8 27.Nf5 Rfd7 28.Rxh7 Nxh7, White resigns.