Tuesday, September 16, 2025

2 PCG Games 9/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

santom1993 (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 9/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bc4 c6 6.d4 e4 7.O-O d5 8.Ne5 Nf6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.f3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Nc3 f5 17.Qd2 Qg7 18.Bf1 Kh8 19.Nxe4 fxe4


20.g4 h5 21.Be2 Rf8 22.Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 hxg4 24.Bxg4 Qf6+ 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.c3 Bf4 27.Qf2
 a5 28.a4 b6 29.Qe2 Qh4 30.Qf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Kf6 32.Bd7 c5 33.dxc5 bxc5


34.b4 cxb4 35.cxb4 axb4 36.a5 b3 37.Ba4 b2 38.Bc2 Bb8 39.a6 Ba7+ 40.Ke2 Kg5 41.Bb1 Kh4 42.Kd2 Kxh3 43.Kc3 e3 44.Kd3 Kg3 45.Ke2 Kf4 46.Bd3 Ke5 47.Bb1 Kd4 48.Bg6 Kc4 49.Bb1 d4 50.Bf5 Kb5 51.Bd3+ Ka5 52.Bb1 Kxa6


53.Bd3+ Ka5 54.Bb1 Kb4 55.Bd3 Kc3 56.Bb1 Kb3 57.Kd3 Bb6 58.Ke2 Ba5 59.Kd3 Bc3 60.Ke2 Kc4 61.Bd3+ Kd5 62.Bb1 Ke5 63.Bd3 Kf4 64.Bb1 Kg3 65.Bd3 Kg2 66.Bb1 Bd2 67.Bd3 Bc1 68.Bb1 Kg3 69.Bd3 Kf4 70.Bb1 Ke5


71.Bd3 Kd5 72.Bb1 Kc4 73.Bd3+ Kc3 74.Bb1 Kb3 75.Kd3 Bd2 76.Ke2 Kc3 77.Bd3 Kb4 78.Bb1 Bc3 79.Bd3 Kb3 80.Bb1 Ba5 81.Kd3 Bb6 82.Ke2 Kc3 83.Bd3 Bc7 84.Bb1 Bg3 85.Bd3 Bf2 86.Bb1 Kb3 87.Kd3 Bg1


88.Ke2 Kc3 89.Bd3 Bh2 90.Bb1 Be5 91.Bd3 Kb3 92.Bb1 Bf6 93.Kd3 Bg7 94.Ke2 Kc3 95.Bd3 Bh8 96.Bb1 Kb3 97.Kd3 Be5 98.Ke2 Kc3 99.Bd3 Kb3 100.Bb1, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

aoju2 (lichess 2085) - JimWest (lichess 2094), lichess 9/15/2025

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.Qd4 Ne7 10.h4 Qf5 11.O-O-O Nbc6 12.Qa4 O-O 13.f3 exf3 14.gxf3 Qf4+ 15.Qxf4 Rxf4 16.Bd3 d4 17.Bd2 Rxf3 18.Be4 Rf8 19.h5 Bf5


20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.h6 g6 22.e6 Rae8 23.Bf4 Rxe6 24.Bxc7 Nb4 25.Rhg1 Rc6 26.Ba5 Nxc2 27.Kb1 Nce3 28.Rd3 b6 29.Bd2 Re8 30.a3 Nc4 31.Bc1 Ne5 32.Rdd1 d3


33.Rdf1 Nd4 34.Be3 Nef3 35.Bxd4 Nxd4 36.Rf4 Ne2, White resigns.