Wednesday, March 19, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1971) - Albertoaurajo67 (Chess.com 1812), Chess.com 3/18/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Qxe2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O Qd7 9.c3 O-O-O 10.b4 Rdf8 11.b5 Nd8 12.a4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne6 14.Be3 h6 15.Na3 Kb8 16.a5 Ng4 17.Bd2 Ng5 18.a6 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Ne5


20.Qg3 b6 21.d4 Ng6 22.c4 h5 23.h3 h4 24.Qf3 c6 25.Nc2 cxb5 26.cxb5 Qxb5 27.e5 d5 28.Rfb1 Qc6 29.Nb4 Bxb4 30.Bxb4 Rc8 31.Bd6+ Ka8


32.Qxf7 Nf8 33.Rc1 Qd7 34.Qxd5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ulfheddin23 (lichess 2096) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 3/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Bxe7 Nxe7 8.Ng5 d5 9.Be2 O-O 10.h4 h6 11.Nh3 Qb6 12.Qc1 Bxh3 13.Rxh3 Qxf2+ 14.Kd1 Qd4+ 15.Qd2 Qxe5 16.Qc3 Qxc3 17.Nxc3 Nd7 18.Kd2 Nf6


19.g4 d4 20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Ne2 Nxg4 22.Nxd4 Rad8 23.Kc3 Nd5+ 24.Kb3 Nf4 25.Rg3 Rxd4 26.Rxg4 e3 27.Rf1 h5 28.Rg5 g6 29.Bd3 Re8, White forfeits.