Friday, July 25, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/24/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kurotoaka (Chess.com 2071) - JimWest (Chess.com 2089), Chess.com 7/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 a5 9.Bb2 Na6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.d4 e4 12.Nh4 Bg4 13.Qd2 d5 14.h3 Be6 15.Ne2 Nd7


16.c4 Bxh4 17.gxh4 Qxh4 18.Qxa5 Bxh3 19.Bxh3 Qxh3 20.cxd5 Nf6 21.dxc6 Ng4 22.Ng3 Qh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

DrAgOnBiShOp_2012 (lichess 1955) - JimWest (lichess 2059), lichess 7/24/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Nb3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Bf3 Nf6 16.Nd2 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Qe3+ 18.Kh1 Ne4


19.Qe1 Qxe1 20.Raxe1 Rae8 21.Ne5 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.g3 Ke7 25.Kg2 Ke6 26.Kf3 a5 27.c3 a4 28.a3 c5 29.Kf4 cxd4 30.cxd4 g5+ 31.Kg4 h6 32.Kh5 Kf5


33.Kxh6 g4 34.Kh5 Nf6+ 35.Kh4 Ke4 36.Nxg4 Nxg4 37.Kxg4 Kxd4 38.h4 Ke4 39.h5 d4 40.h6 d3 41.h7 d2 42.Kg5 d1=Q 43.h8=Q Qd2+ 44.Kg6 Qd6+ 45.Qf6 Qxg3+ 46.Kf7 Qc7+ 47.Qe7+ Qxe7+ 48.Kxe7 Kd3


49.Kd7 Kc2 50.Kc7 Kxb2 51.Kxb7 Kxa3 52.Kc6 Kb3 53.Kb5 a3, White resigns.