Friday, August 29, 2025

2 PCG Games 8/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Japes84 (Chess.com 1855) - JimWest (Chess.com 1961), Chess.com 8/28/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.Qe2 a5 9.h4 Na6 10.h5 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3 fxe4 14.dxe4 Nc5 15.Nd2 Be6


16.Nf5 d5 17.Bh3 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Bd5 20.Nxh6+ gxh6 21.Qg6+ Bg7 22.O-O-O Qf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ebrahimmorol (lichess 1954) - JimWest (lichess 2011), lichess 8/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Nd5 c6 8.Nxe7 Qxe7 9.d3 Rf8 10.O-O Bg4 11.Bg5 Qf7 12.Be3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qxf3 14.Qxf3 Rxf3 15.Kg2 Rf7 16.f4 Nd7 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Rxf7 Nxf7 19.Re1 Kd7


20.Kf3 a6 21.c4 Ne5+ 22.Ke2 Rf8 23.Kd2 Nf3+ 24.Ke2 Nxe1 25.Kxe1 Ke6 26.b4 d5 27.cxd5+ Kxd5 28.Bc5 Re8+ 29.Kd2 b5 30.d4 Re4 31.h3 Rxd4+ 32.Kc3 Rc4+ 33.Kd3 Rxc5 34.bxc5 Kxc5


35.Kc3 g5 36.a3 h5 37.Kd3 a5 38.Kc3 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Kd3 b4 41.axb4+ axb4 42.Ke3 b3 43.Kd3 Kb4 44.Ke4 b2 45.Kf4 b1=Q 46.Kxg4 Qf1 47.Kg3 c5 48.Kh2 c4 49.Kg3 c3 50.Kh2 c2 51.Kg3 c1=Q 52.Kh2 Qcf4#.