Thursday, February 27, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/26/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1947) - jugadordefifa (Chess.com 1747), Chess.com 2/26/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Ng4 7.Bxg4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qxg4 9.Qxg4 Bxg4 10.Nd5 O-O-O 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4 13.c3 Bc5 14.b4 Bxg1 15.Rxg1 Rhe8 16.f5 c6 17.Ne3 Bh3 18.g4 d5


19.Rg3 d4 20.cxd4 exd4 21.Nc4 h5 22.Rxh3 hxg4 23.Rg3 g6 24.O-O-O gxf5 25.exf5 Re2 26.Rd2 Re1+ 27.Kb2 Rg8 28.Nd6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Tony4455 (lichess 1984) - JimWest (lichess 2060), lichess 2/26/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.O-O f4 7.h4 Nxd4 8.c3 Nc6 9.Qb3 Be7 10.Nf7 Nxf7 11.Bxf7+ Kf8 12.Bh5 g6 13.Be2 Bxh4 14.g3 Kg7 15.gxh4 Qxh4 16.Bf3 Bh3 17.Re1 b6 18.Qc4 Bd7 19.b4 Rac8


20.Nd2 Nd8 21.Qf1 Nf7 22.a4 Ng5 23.Bg2 Rhf8 24.Nf3 Nxf3+ 25.Bxf3 Bh3 26.Bg2 Be6 27.f3 Qg3 28.Re2 Bc4 29.Bd2 Bxe2 30.Qxe2 Qg5 31.Rf1 h5


32.Rf2 a5 33.Kf1 axb4 34.cxb4 Qe7 35.Bh3 Ra8 36.Qd1 Ra7 37.Rg2 Kh7 38.Be1 Rfa8 39.Bh4 Qxh4 40.Qc2 Qe7 41.Kg1 Rxa4 42.Kh2 Rxb4 43.Qb6 Rba4 44.Qd5 R8a5 45.Qb7 Ra2 46.Qc8 Rxg2+ 47.Bxg2 Ra2 48.Qb7 Kh6


49.Qd5 Qg5 50.Qxa2 Qg3+ 51.Kg1 h4 52.Kf1 h3 53.Bh1 h2 54.Qg2 Qxg2+ 55.Kxg2 b5 56.Kxh2 b4 57.Bg2 b3 58.Bf1 c5 59.Kg2 b2 60.Bd3 c4 61.Bc2 c3 62.Kf2 Kg5 63.Ke2 Kh4 64.Kd3 Kg3 65.Kxc3 Kxf3 66.Kxb2 Ke2


67.Kc3 f3 68.Bd3+ Ke1 69.Kc4 f2 70.Kd5 f1=Q 71.Bxf1 Kxf1 72.Kxd6 Kf2 73.Kxe5 Kf3 74.Kf6 Kxe4 75.Kxg6, draw.