Tuesday, April 15, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/14/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1942) - RendellSongco17 (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 4/14/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Qe7 7.Be2 a5 8.a4 O-O 9.Nd2 Nc6 10.Ngf3 Bg4 11.Qc2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5 13.d4 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Bb6 15.O-O Nh5 16.Be3 f5 17.Nc4 f4 18.Nxb6 cxb6


19.Bf2 Qg5+ 20.Kh1 Kh8 21.Rg1 Qe7 22.d5 Nf6 23.Bd4 Rac8 24.Rg2 Rf7 25.Rag1 g6 26.c4 Qc7 27.Qc3 Kg7 28.b3 Rcf8 29.Rg4 Kg8


30.Rxf4 Nxe4 31.Rxf7 Nxc3 32.Rxc7 Ne2 33.Rg7+ Kh8 34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.Rxf8+ Kxf8 36.Rd1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GrishutinAndrey (lichess 1982) - JimWest (lichess 2124), lichess 4/14/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Nxh8 dxe3 10.fxe3 Bxe6 11.Nc3 Qh6 12.Qe2 Nf6 13.O-O-O Qxe3+ 14.Qxe3 Bxe3+ 15.Kb1 Nbd7 16.Bb5 c6 17.Ba4 O-O-O 18.Rhe1 Bf2 19.Re2 e3


20.Ng6 hxg6 21.h3 Bc4, White resigns.