Saturday, April 19, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

venkatesan001 (Chess.com 1859) - JimWest (Chess.com 1956), Chess.com 4/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.a4 a5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Qd2 d5 12.d4 e4 13.Nh2 Bd6 14.g4 Be6 15.f4 exf3 16.Bxf3 Nb6 17.b3 Bb4 18.Qd3 Bxc3 19.Qxc3 Qd6


20.Rae1 Qg3+ 21.Bg2 Ne4 22.Qd3 Rae8 23.Kh1 h5 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Qe2 hxg4 27.hxg4 Nd5 28.Bf2 Rxf2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2142) - Queenchessshahi (lichess 2053), lichess 4/18/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.c3 Qc8 8.a4 a5 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 O-O 12.Bg5 Nd7 13.Nbd2 f6 14.Bh4 Nb6 15.Bf2 Bxf2+ 16.Kxf2 Rd8 17.Rhe1 Qd7 18.Kg1 Nc8 19.h3 Bh5


20.Bc4+ Kh8 21.Be6 Qe7 22.g4 Bf7 23.Bxf7 Qxf7 24.Qb3 Nd6 25.Qxf7 Nxf7 26.Nb3 Rd3 27.Kg2 b6 28.Rad1 Rad8 29.Rxd3 Rxd3 30.Nc1 Rd7 31.Re2 Kg8 32.Rd2 Rd6 33.Rxd6 Nxd6 34.Nd2 g6


35.Kf3 Kf7 36.Ne2 Ke7 37.b3 Nd8 38.h4 N8b7 39.Ng3 Nc5 40.fxg6 hxg6 41.h5 Kf7 42.hxg6+ Kxg6 43.Nf5 Kg5 44.Nxd6 cxd6 45.Nc4 Nxb3 46.Nxb6 Nc5 47.c4 Kg6 48.Ke3 Kg5 49.Kf3 Kg6 50.Ke3 Nb7


51.Nd7 Kg5 52.Kf3 Kg6 53.Ke3 Kf7 54.Kf3 Ke6 55.Nf8+ Kf7 56.Nd7 Ke7 57.Nb6 Nc5 58.Ke3 Ke6 59.Kf3 Nb3 60.Ke3 Nd4 61.Nd5 Nc2+ 62.Kd3 Ne1+ 63.Ke2 Nc2 64.Kd3 Nd4 65.Nc7+ Kd7 66.Nd5 Ke6 67.Nc7+ Ke7 68.Nd5+ Kf7 69.Nb6 Nb3


70.Nd5 Nc5+ 71.Ke3 Nxa4 72.Nc7 Nb2 73.c5 dxc5 74.Nd5 a4 75.Nc3 a3 76.Kd2 Nc4+ 77.Kd3 Nb2+ 78.Kc2 c4 79.Nb5 Nd3 80.Nxa3 Nf2 81.Nxc4 Nxe4 82.Ne3 Kg6 83.Kd3 Nf2+ 84.Ke2 Nh3 85.Kf3 Kg5


86.Kg3 Nf4 87.Nf1 Ne2+ 88.Kf3 Nd4+ 89.Kg3 f5 90.gxf5 Kxf5 91.Ne3+ Ke4 92.Ng4 Nf5+ 93.Kh2 Kf4 94.Nxe5 Kxe5, draw.