Saturday, March 1, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1946) - DarkGreen216 (Chess.com 1837), Chess.com 2/28/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.exf7 Bxg7


11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qe4 15.Qc3+ Kb6 16.Qe3+ c5 17.Qxe4 Rxe4 18.Nc3 Re6 19.Be3 Nc6


20.Nd5+ Ka5 21.Bd2+ Nb4 22.a3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

JorgeMaria (lichess 2092) - JimWest (lichess 2076), lichess 2/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Bg4 6.Qa4+ Qd7 7.Qxd7+ Nxd7 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 c6 10.O-O Ngf6 11.b4 a6 12.a4 d5 13.Be3 Bd6 14.Nd2 O-O


15.b5 axb5 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Bxd5+ Nxd5, White resigns.