Saturday, August 9, 2025

2 PCG Games 8/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Materise89 (Chess.com 1956) - JimWest (Chess.com 2006), Chess.com 8/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.Bxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qxe4 Qxd4 16.Qxd4 Bxd4 17.c3 Bf6 18.O-O Nc6 19.Rad1 Ne5


20.Bb3 Bf5 21.Rfe1 Nd3 22.Re3 Nc5 23.Rd5 Nxb3 24.Rxf5 Rd8 25.h3 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 Nd2 27.Kg3 Nf1+ 28.Kf3 Nxe3 29.Kxe3 Rb1 30.Rb5 b6 31.f4 h6 32.Rb3 a5 33.g4 Rh1 34.Ke4 Rxh3


35.Rb5 Rg3 36.Kf5 Rg2 37.a4 Be7 38.b3 Bd6 39.c4 Bc5 40.g5 hxg5 41.fxg5 c6 42.Rxc5 bxc5 43.Ke6 Rb2 44.Kd6 Rxb3 45.Kxc6 Rb4 46.Kxc5 Rxa4


47.Kb5 Ra1 48.c5 a4 49.c3 a3 50.c7 Rc1 51.Kb6 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Laithwared (lichess 1975) - JimWest (lichess 2079), lichess 8/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qxg5 9.Qxd5 Nc6 10.Qxe4 Bf5 11.Qa4 Nge7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.h4 Qg4 14.Qxg4 Bxg4 15.f3 Be6 16.a3 Rad8 17.Bd3 Nf5 18.Kf2 h5


19.g4 hxg4 20.fxg4 Nh6+ 21.Kg3 Bxg4 22.Rdf1 Be6 23.Rf4 Rxf4 24.Kxf4 Rf8+ 25.Kg3 Nf5+ 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.b4 Nxe5 29.Rd8 Rf3+, White resigns.