Thursday, February 20, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

DudleyXX (Chess.com 1873) - JimWest (Chess.com 1918), Chess.com 2/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.Bxf6+ Bxf6 15.O-O Bf5 16.Qf4 Bg6 17.Rad1 Nxd4 18.Rfe1 c5 19.h3 Bg7


20.Rd2 Qb6 21.Nxe4 Rf8 22.Qh4 Qxb2 23.c3 Nf5 24.Rxb2 Nxh4 25.Rxb7 Re8 26.f3 Bxc3 27.Rc1 Bd4+ 28.Kh2 Bxe4 29.fxe4 Rxe4 30.Rf1 Be5+ 31.g3 Re2+ 32.Kg1 Rg2+ 33.Kh1 Rxg3 34.Rf8+ Rg8


35.Rff7 Rg7 36.Rf8+ Rg8 37.Rff7 Bg7 38.Rxa7 Ng6 39.Rfc7 Nf4 40.h4 h5 41.Kh2 c4 42.Rf7 c3 43.Rxf4 Be5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2065) - RyanG4356 (lichess 2002), lichess 2/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 Ng4 8.d4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qd1 10.O-O Be7 11.h3 Nh6 12.Nbc3 Bg5 13.Nxe4 Bxc1 14.Rxc1 O-O 15.c3 Nd7 16.Nf4 Nf5


17.Qd3 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxd3 19.Nxd3 Ne3 20.Rf3 Nd5 21.Rcf1, Black resigns.