Sunday, March 23, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1955) - skchess22 (Chess.com 2026), Chess.com 3/22/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 e3 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.c3 Ba5 14.O-O-O Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Qd5 16.Kb1 O-O 17.Rxh1 Qe4+ 18.Ka1 c6 19.Ng5 Qd5


20.Qc2 g6 21.Ne4 Bd8 22.Bh6 Re8 23.Nd6 Re6 24.Rf1 f5 25.Nxf5 gxf5 26.Qxf5 Be7 27.Qf7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

timx0 (lichess 2063) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 3/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.Be2 Bf8 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bg4 Bxg4 16.Nxg4 Qxd4 17.Qh3 Na6 18.Rad1 Qb6 19.Na4 Qc7


20.Nh6+ Bxh6 21.Qxh6 Qg7 22.Qd2 Rae8 23.c3 b5 24.Qe2 Qb7 25.c4 bxa4 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.Rd4 Nc5 28.Rfd1 Nd3 29.f3 Qb6, White forfeits.