Sunday, October 5, 2025

2 PCG Games 10/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

KennyYIN (Chess.com 1868) - JimWest (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 10/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O f4 8.d4 Nc6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Bc4+ Kh8 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.Nb5 Qg6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.Bxe6 Rad8 15.Qe2 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Rxd4 17.Bf5 Qf7 18.c3 Rdd8 19.Qb5 g6


20.Bg4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Qe6 22.Qxb7 Qxg4 23.Qxc7 Bd6 24.Qxa7 g3 25.Kh2 Qxg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ballerini1982 (lichess 2072) - JimWest (lichess 2061), lichess 10/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 c6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Be6 13.c5 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.b4 a6 16.a4 Bg4 17.Ra3 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Qg4 19.Qxg4 Nxg4


20.h3 Nf6 21.Nf5 Ne8 22.Ne3 Nc7 23.Nc2 Ne6 24.Re3 Rf6 25.f3 exf3 26.Rexf3 Rxf3 27.Rxf3 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Kf2 Ke7 30.Ke3 Kf6


31.Ne1 g5 32.g3 h5 33.Nd3 Ng7 34.g4 h4 35.Ne5 Ne6 36.Nf3 Nf4 37.Ng1 Ke6 38.Kd2 Kf6 39.Ke3 Ke6 40.Kd2 Kf6 41.Ke3, draw.