Thursday, October 9, 2025

2 PCG Games 10/8/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

fide_doctor (Chess.com 1884) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/8/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nd4 Nf6 9.Bb2 Bg4 10.f3 exf3 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.gxf3 Bd7 13.Ngf5 g6 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.O-O-O Re8 16.Re1+ Kf7 17.Rxe8 Nxe8 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6


20.Re1 Nd6 21.Ba3 Rd8 22.Bc5 b6 23.Bf2 Re8 24.Rxe8 Nxe8 25.Bg3 Bd7 26.Kd1 a5 27.Ke2 c5 28.c3 b5 29.Bc2 Ke7 30.d4 c4 31.bxc4 bxc4


32.h4 Nd6 33.h5 Bf5 34.Bxd6+ Kxd6 35.Bxf5 gxf5 36.Ke3 Ke6 37.f4 h6 38.a4 Kd6 39.Kf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Veteranmaster (lichess 2023) - JimWest (lichess 2028), lichess 10/8/2025

1.Nf3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.c4 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Qc2 O-O-O 12.b3 Bb4 13.Bb2 Bxd2 14.Nxd2 g5 15.f3 Be6 16.b4 g4 17.Kf2 g3+ 18.hxg3 fxg3+ 19.Ke2 Nb6


20.c5 Rxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Nc4+ 22.Kc3 Ne3 23.Qe2 Nxf1 24.Rxf1 Rd8 25.a4 a6 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Qe7 28.Kb4 cxb5 29.Qxb5 Bd7


30.Qa5 Bc6 31.Qa8+ Kc7 32.Qa5+ Kc8 33.Qa8+ Kc7 34.Qa5+ Kc8, draw.