Tuesday, June 24, 2025

2 PCG Games 6/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

cesapego (Chess.com 1876) - JimWest (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 6/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.h3 c6 6.d4 e4 7.Nh2 d5 8.Ng4 Nd7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Be7 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O h6 14.f4 exf3 15.Bxf3 Bh7 16.Nd2 Bd6 17.Nb3 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Ne4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 


20.Qg4 Qe7 21.e6 Rae8 22.Nd4 c5 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.Rxf5 Rxf5 25.Qxf5 Qxe6 26.Qf2 Qe3 27.Rd1 Qxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Rd8 29.Ke3 Kf7 30.g4 g5 31.Rf1+ Ke6 32.a3 a5 33.Rf5 a4


34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh5 Kf6 36.Rxh4 Kg5 37.Rh5+ Kxg4 38.Rxh6 Re8+ 39.Kd3 b5 40.Rb6 Kf4 41.Rxb5 Ke5 42.Rxc5 Rb8 43.Kc2 Ra8 44.c4 Kd4 45.Rxd5+ Kxc4 46.Rh5 Rg8 47.Rh4+ Kb5 48.Rb4+ Ka5


49.Rb7 Rg2+ 50.Kb1 Rg1+ 51.Kc2 Rg2+ 52.Kg1 Rg1+ 53.Ka2 Rg2 54.Rf7 Rg5 55.Rc7 Rh5 56.Kb1 Rh1+ 57.Rc1 Rh2 58.Rd1 Kb5 59.Rd4 Rg2 60.Rb4+ Ka5 61.Rd4 Kb5 62.Kc1 Rh2 63.Rd2 Rh1+ 64.Kc2 Kc4


65.Rg2 Rh4 66.Rf2 Rg4 67.Rh2 Rf4 68.Rh8 Rf2+ 69.Kb1 Kb5 70.Rb8+ Ka5 71.Re8 Kb5 72.Kc1 Rh2 73.Re5+ Ka6 74.Rd5 Kb6 75.Rd2 Rh1+ 76.Kc2 Kc5 77.Kc3 Rc1+ 78.Rc2 Rh1 79.Kd3+ Kb5 80.Rc8 Rh3+ 81.Kd4 Rh4+ 82.Kc3 Rh3+ 83.Kc2 Rh2+ 84.Kb1 Rh1+ 85.Rc1 Rh2


86.Rg1 Ka5 87.Rg5+ Kb6 88.Kc1 Ka6 89.Rd5 Rg2 90.Rd2 Rg1+ 91.Kc2 Kb5 92.Rd5+ Ka6 93.Kc3 Rg3+ 94.Rd3 Rg4 95.Rd4 Rg3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

VGM2200 (lichess 2070) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 6/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.f4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Ba3 Re8 13.c4 Nd4 14.fxe5 Nxb3 15.axb3 Rxe5 16.Bb2 Re8 17.cxd5 Qxd5 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nf3 Bd7


20.Kh1 Bc6 21.c4 Qf7 22.d4 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Qg6 24.Qxb7 Rab8 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Qxf5 Qxf5 27.Rxf5 Rxb3 28.Rxf6 Reb8 29.h3 Rb1+ 30.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 31.Kh2 Rb4


32.Rc6 a5 33.d5 Rb8 34.d6 Kg7 35.d7 Rd8 36.Rc7 Kf7 37.c5 Ke7 38.c6 Kd6 39.Rc8 Ke7 40.Rc7 Kd6 41.Ra7 Kxc6 42.Rxa5 Rxd7 43.Ra6+ Kd5 44.Ra2 Ke5 45.h4 Kf6 46.Kh3 Kg7 47.h5 h6 48.g4 Kh7 49.Kh4 Rb7


50.Ra6 Rc7 51.Rg6 Ra7 52.Kg3 Ra3+ 53.Kf4 Ra4+ 54.Ke5 Ra5+ 55.Kf4 Ra4+ 56.Kg3 Ra3+ 57.Kh4 Ra5 58.Rf6 Ra7 59.Rf4 Kg7 60.g5 hxg5+ 61.Kxg5 Ra5+ 62.Kg4 Ra6 63.Rf5 Kh6 64.Rf4 Rb6


65.Kh4 Ra6 66.Re4 Rb6 67.Kg4 Ra6 68.Rd4 Rb6 69.Rd5 Rb4+ 70.Kf3 Rb3+ 71.Ke4 Rh3 72.Kf4 Rxh5 73.Rd6+ Kg7 74.Kg4 Ra5 75.Rd7+ Kg6 76.Rd6+ Kg7 77.Rd7+ Kg6 78.Rd6+ Kg7, draw.