Thursday, February 13, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/12/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

nyinaymin (Chess.com 1968) - JimWest (Chess.com 1921), Chess.com 2/12/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Ne6 Bxe6 10.Bxe6 Nbd7 11.b4 a6 12.a4 Be7 13.Bd2 g5 14.d5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 Nf6 17.c4 Nxd5 18.cxd5 O-O 19.Rc1 Qd7


20.Qh5 Kg7 21.a5 Rac8 22.Bc3 Bf6 23.Rfd1 Rc7 24.Rd3 Qf7 25.Qe2 Rfc8 26.Qb2 h5 27.Bd2 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Qc7 29.Bd2 Qc2 30.Qxc2 Rxc2 31.f3 g4 32.Kf1 gxf3 33.gxf3 Bd8


34.Ke2 b6 35.Kd1 Rc4 36.Rc3 Rxc3 37.Bxc3 bxa5 38.bxa5 Kg6 39.Bb4 Bc7 40.Ke2 Kg5 41.Kf2 Kh4 42.Kg2 Bb8 43.Be1+ Kg5 44.Kh3 Bc7 45.Bh4+ Kg6


46.Be7 Kf7 47.Bg5 Ba5 48.Kh4 Kg6 49.Be7 Bb4 50.Kh3 a5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2059) - R1440_R12K1_P (lichess 2085), lichess 2/12/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nd5 14.Bd2 Nde7 15.Ng5 g6 16.Ne4 Kh8 17.Nf6 Rf8


18.d5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Ng8 20.Bh6 Nxh6 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.Rf3 Ng8 23.Qe1 h5 24.Rd1 Nxf6 25.exf6 Qe8 26.Qd2 Kh7 27.Re1 Qd7 28.Re7 Qg4 29.Rg3 Qh4 30.Rxg6, Black resigns.