Monday, October 13, 2025

2 PCG Games 10/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

manueldu30 (Chess.com 1997) - JimWest (Chess.com 1944), Chess.com 10/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.c4 Nxe5 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxe4 a6 17.Ba4 Kh8 18.Bb2 Nc4 19.Bd4 Bf5


20.Ng3 Bg6 21.Rfd1 Nf4 22.Bb3 b5 23.a4 Rad8 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ra7 Ne6 26.Bc3 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Rd8 28.Bf3 h6 29.h3 Rd3 30.Bb4 Rb3 31.Be7 Nd4 32.Bd5 Rb1+ 33.Kh7 Nb6


34.Be4 Bxe4 35.Nxe4 Nc6 36.Rb7 Nxe7 37.Rxb6 b4 38.Nc5 Nd5 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Kg3 Rb2 41.Rb7 Nf6 42.Ne6 Nh5+ 43.Kg4 Re2 44.Kxh5 Rxe6 45.Rxb4 Re5+ 46.Kg4 Rg5+ 47.Kf3 Rf5+ 48.Rf4 Ra5 49.g4 Ra3+ 50.Kg2 g5 51.Rf6 Kg7 52.Rb6 Rc3


53.c3 Rc2+ 54.Kg3 Rc3 55.Rb5 Kg6 56.Rf5 Ra3 57.h4 gxh4+ 58.Kxh4 Ra1 59.Kg3 Rg1+ 60.Kf2 Ra1 61.Rb5 Ra6 62.Kg3 Ra3 63.Re5 Kf6 64.Rf5+ Kg6 65.Kh4 Ra1 66.Rb5 Rh1+ 67.Kg3 Rg1+ 68.Kf4 Ra1 69.Rb6+ Kg7 70.Re6 Ra4+ 71.Kf5 Ra5+ 72.Re5 Ra6


73.g5 hxg5 74.Kxg5 Rb6 75.Re7+ Kf8 76.Ra7 Rc6 77.f4 Rb6 78.f5 Rc6 79.f6 Rc1 80.Ra4 Rg1+ 81.Kf5 Rf1+ 82.Rf4 Rxf4+ 83.Kxf4 Kf7 84.Kf5 Kf8 85.Kg6 Kg8 86.f7+ Kf8 87.Kf6, stalemate.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bair999 (lichess 1997) - JimWest (lichess 2046), lichess 10/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nd5 Rf8 10.Nc3 Ke8 11.O-O-O Nxe4 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Rhe1 h6 15.Be3 Ke7 16.h3 a6 17.g4 Bh7 18.Nb3 Rad8 19.Nc5 b5

 

20.Bb3 Nd4 21.Bxd4 exd4 22.Ne6 Rxf2 23.Nxd8 Kxd8 24.Rf1 Bf4+ 25.Kb1 Be3 26.Rxf2 Bxf2 27.Rf1 e3 28.Kc1 c5 29.c4 dxc3 30.bxc3 Bd3 31.Rh1 e2 32.Kd2 c4


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