Sunday, September 7, 2025

2 PCG Games 9/6/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Khenge (Chess.com 1848) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 9/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Bg5 Ngf6 8.Nbd2 d5 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.c4 Qc7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.d4 Kh8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Rc1 Nxf3+ 16.Nxf3 Nf6 17.h3 Rad8 18.Qe2 Bb4


19.Red1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Re8 21.Qc4 Bd6 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Qd4 Be5 24.Nxe5 Qxe5 25.Qxa7 Qxb2 26.Qxb7 Qc3 27.Qf7 Bg6 28.Qc7 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30.Kh2 Qxf2 31.Qd6 Kg7


32.Qxc6 Qf4+ 33.Kg1 Qe3+ 34.Kh1 Be4 35.Qd7+ Kh6 36.Qg4 f5 37.Qh4+ Kg6 38.Kh2 h5 39.Qg3+ Qxg3+ 40.Kxg3 h4+ 41.Kxh4 Bxg2 42.Kg3 Ba8 43.Bc2 Kf6 44.Kf4 Bd5 45.a4 Bc6 46.a5 Bb5 47.Bxf5 Ba6


48.h4 Bb5 49.h5 Ba6 50.h6 Bb5 51.h7 Kg7 52.Ke5 Ba6 53.Kd5 Be2 54.Kc5 Bf1 55.Kb6 Bc4 56.a6 Bxa6 57.Kxa6 Kh8


58.Kb6 Kg7 59.Kc6 Kh8 60.Kd6 Kg7 61.Ke6 Kh8 62.Ke7 Kg7 63.Bg6 Kh8 64.Be4 Kg7 65.Ke6 Kh8 66.Bg6 Kg7 67.Kf5 Kh8 68.Kg5 Kg7 69.Be4 Kh8 70.Kh5 Kg7 71.h8=Q+ Kxh8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ManfredH (lichess 2154) - JimWest (lichess 2038), lichess 9/6/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.f4 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Be3 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc6 13.c4 Qe7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.cxd5 cxd5


16.Rc1 Be6 17.Qa4 Rfc8 18.Qa6 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Bxf4 20.Rc6 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Re8 22.Qxa7 Qxa7 23.Bxa7 Bg4 24.Kf1 Bxe2+ 25.Kxe2 Ra8 26.Rc7 Ne8 27.Rd7 Nf6 28.Rb7 Ne8 29.a3 Nd6 30.Rd7 Nc4 31.Bd4 g6


32.Rxd5 Rb8 33.b4 Nxa3 34.Bc5 Nb5 35.Re5 Ra8 36.Rxe4 Ra2+ 37.Kf3 Nc3 38.Re3 Nd5 39.Re2 Ra3+ 40.Kg4 Ra4 41.Re4 Nf6+ 42.Kf4 Nxe4 43.Kxe4 Kf7


44.g4 Ke6 45.g3 g5 46.Kd4 Ra3 47.b5 Rxg3 48.b6 Rxg4+ 49.Kc3 Kd7 50.Bd6 Kc6 51.Bc7 h5 52.Kd3 h4 53.Ke3 Rb4, White resigns.