Thursday, March 6, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1921) - agz2 (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 3/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Nd4 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nd7 13.d4 c5 14.Nd2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qb6 16.Qf2 Bf6 17.Nf3 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 h6 19.Rac1 Nf8


20.e5 dxe5 21.dxe5 Qxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Be7 23.Rc7 Ne6 24.Rxe7 Rxe7 25.Be3 Rd7 26.Rc1 Rc7 27.Rxc7 Nxc7 28.Nd4 Nd5 29.Nb5 Nxe3 30.Kxe3 Rc8 31.Kd3 Rc5 32.Nxa7 Rd5+ 33.Ke4 Ra5 34.Nc8 Rxa2


35.b4 Rxg2 36.Nd6 Rb2 37.b5 Rb4+ 38.Kd5 b6 39.Kc6 Rh4 40.Kxb6 Rh5 41.Kc6 Rxe5 42.b6 Re7 43.b7 Rxb7 44.Nxb7 f5 45.Kd5 g5 46.Nd6 f4 47.Ke4 Kh7 48.h4 Kg6 49.hxg5 hxg5


50.Nc4 Kf6 51.Nd2 Kg6 52.Nf3 g4 53.Kxf4 gxf3 54.Kxf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

fargaming15 (lichess 2078) - JimWest (lichess 2106), lichess 3/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.h3 Nc5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rad1 Be6 15.Bxe6 Nxe6 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Ke7 18.Rfd1 Rhd8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8


20.Rxd8 Kxd8 21.Kf1 g5 22.Ke2 h5 23.g4 fxg3 24.fxg3 g4 25.hxg4 hxg4 26.Nh2 Nd4+ 27.Kd3 Bh4 28.Nxg4 Bxg3 29.Ne2 Nxe2 30.Kxe2 Ke7 31.Kd3 Ke6 32.Ne3 b5 33.axb5 cxb5 34.Nd5 Kd6


35.c4 bxc4+ 36.Kxc4 Be1 37.b3 Bd2 38.Nb6 Kc6 39.Nd5 Be1 40.Ne7+ Kd6 41.Nd5 Kc6 42.Ne7+ Kd6 43.Nc8+ Kc6 44.Na7+ Kb6 45.Nb5 Kc6 46.Na3 Bb4 47.Nc2 Bc5 48.Ne1 Bd4 49.Nf3 Bb2 50.Ng5 Bd4 51.Nf3 Bb2, draw.