Friday, August 1, 2025

2 PCG Games 7/31/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sakovskii (Chess.com 1965) - JimWest (Chess.com 2037), Chess.com 7/31/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qd2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nh6 10.h3 e3 11.fxe3 Nf5 12.Qf2 Bd6 13.Qf3 Nd7 14.Bd3 Ne5 15.Qh5+ g6 16.Qxh7 O-O-O 17.Nxg6 Nxg6 18.Qh5 Rh8 19.Qe2 Ng3


20.Rf1 Nxf1 21.Qxf1 Bg3+ 22.Kd1 Qxf1+ 23.Bxf1 Rf8 24.Nd2 Rf2 25.b3 Nh4 26.Bb2 Nxg2 27.Bxg2 Rxg2 28.c4 dxc4 29.Nxc4 Bxc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tzxadrez (lichess 2082) - JimWest (lichess 2078), lichess 7/31/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Be2 dxc3 9.O-O Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bf5 11.g4 h6 12.gxf5 hxg5 13.Bxg5 Nc6 14.e6 cxb2 15.Rab1 Be7 16.Be3 Bf6 17.f4 exf3 18.Bxf3 Nge7 19.Be4 Rd8


20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Rd1+ Kc8 22.Rd7 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Kf2 Kc8 25.Ke2 Nd4+ 26.Kd2 Nexf5 27.Bxd4 Nxd4 28.Kc3, White resigns.