Monday, July 21, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

FranccTheCeo (Chess.com 1941) - JimWest (Chess.com 2053), Chess.com 7/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ba4 Bd6 10.c4 O-O 11.O-O Bxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Qd4 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Bb3 Be6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Rd1 Nxe5 19.Rxd5 Nd3


20.Be3 Nxb2 21.Nxe4 Nc4 22.Nd6 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Nc6 24.Nxb7 Nb4 25.Rd2 Ra7 26.a3 Rfa8 27.axb4 Rxa1+ 28.Kf2 R1a2 29.Re2 Rxe2+ 30.Kxe2 Ra2+ 31.Kf3 Rb2 32.Nd6 Rxb4


33.g3 Rb2 34.Nc4 Rb4 35.Nd6 b5 36.Ke2 Rb2+ 37.Kd3 Rxh2 38.Nxb5 Rg2 39.Ke4 Rxg3 40.Nd4 g6 41.Kf4 Rg1 42.Ne6 Kf7 43.Ng5+ Rxg5 44.Kxg5 Ke6 45.Kh6 Kf5 46.Kxh7 g5


47.Kh6 g4 48.Kh5 g3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

THODORIS4 (lichess 1953) - JimWest (lichess 2048), lichess 7/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.e6 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8 12.Qg4 Kh7 13.Qh4 Nf5 14.Qh3 Bxe6 15.Ng5+ Kg8 16.Nxe6 Qxe6 17.Be2 Qf6 18.Bg4 Nc6 19.O-O Ne5


20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Qg3 Kh7 22.f4 exf3 23.Be3 Rae8 24.Bd4 Qxc2 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxe5 Qxg2#.