Wednesday, February 26, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

supreme2015 (Chess.com 1931) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 2/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Ng1 f5


4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Nf3 Be7


7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O f4 9.h3 a5 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.a4 Na6 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nf3 Nc5


16.Re1 Be6 17.b3 Bxc4 18.bxc4 Rad8 19.Qe2 Ne6 20.Bb2 Bb4 21.Red1 g5 22.Na2 Bd6 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Nxe5 Qd2 25.Ng6+ Kg8 26.Qxd2 Rxd2 27.Nxf8 Nd4


28.Bxd4 Rxd4 29.Ne6 Rxe4 30.Nc5 Rxc4 31.Nxb7 Rxa4 32.Nc5 Rc4 33.Nb7 Rxc2 34.Nxa5 Ne4 35.f3 Ng3 36.Nab4 Rb2 37.Naxc6 Nf5 38.Re1 Ne3


39.g4 Rg2+ 40.Kh1 Rg3 41.Rf1 Nxf1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2054) - nono123444 (lichess 1991), lichess 2/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nbd7 10.Nd2 h6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.g4 g5 13.Bg3 Rc8 14.Rde1 Ne5 15.h3 c5 16.Kb1 a6 17.d4 cxd4 18.cxd4 Nc6 19.Qe3 Nd7


20.e5 d5 21.Nb3 O-O 22.Rgf1 Nb6 23.Rf6 Kg7 24.h4 Nd7 25.hxg5 Nd8 26.gxh6+ Kh8 27.g5 Nxf6 28.gxf6 Qe6 29.Rh1 Qf5+ 30.Ka1 Ne6 31.a3 Rg8 32.h7 Rg4 33.Bf2 Rc2


34.Rh2 Rxf2 35.Qxf2 Qxf2 36.Rxf2 Nxd4 37.Nxd4 Rxd4 38.e6 Rc4 39.exf7 Rc8 40.Rd2 Rf8 41.Rxd5 Rxf7 42.Rd6 Kxh7 43.Rb6 Kg6 44.Ka2 Kf5 45.a4 Ke5 46.a5 Kf5 47.b4 Kg6 48.Kb3 Rc7 49.Ka4 Kf7


50.b5 Rc4+ 51.Kb3 axb5 52.Rxb7+ Kxf6 53.Rxb5 Rc8 54.Rd5 Ke6 55.Rd1 Rb8+ 56.Ka4 Rb1 57.Rxb1, Black resigns.