Sunday, May 18, 2025

2 PCG Reversed Games 5/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2015) - matrideepchess (Chess.com 1977), Chess.com 5/17/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bg7 6.c3 d6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Bg4 9.O-O c6 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Qc2 Ne5 14.d4 Nxf3 15.Bxf3 Qh4 16.Bf2 Qg5 17.Bxg4 Qxg4 18.Rae1 Nf4 19.Bg3 Ne2


20.Rf3 Nxg3+ 21.Rxg3 Qe6 22.Qb3 Qe7 23.Rf1 Bh6 24.Rgf3 Rf8 25.Nc4 a5 26.a4 Ra7 27.e5 d5 28.Nd6 f5 29.Qb6 Ra6 30.Qxb7 Qxb7 31.Nxb7 Rb6 32.Nxa4 Ra8 33.b4 Kf7


34.g4 f4 35.h4 g5 36.hxg5 Bxg5 37.Kg2 Ke6 38.Nb3 Rg8 39.Nc5+ Ke7 40.a5 Rb5 41.Nd3 h5 42.gxh5 Bh4+ 43.Kh1 Bg3 44.Nxf4 Rg4 45.Ng6+ Kd8 46.a6 Kc7 47.a7 Kb7 48.Ra1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2111) - steve-sawyer1947 (lichess 2003), lichess 5/17/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Nfd7 7.d4 c5 8.c3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Nf3 g5 11.Nc3 g4 12.Nxd5 gxf3 13.Qxf3 Nxd4 14.Qxf4 Qxe5+ 15.Qxe5 Nxe5 16.Nc7+ Kd8 17.Nxa8 Nc2+ 18.Kd1 Nxa1 19.Bg5+ Be7


20.Bxe7+ Kxe7 21.Nc7 Bf5 22.Nd5+ Kd6 23.Ne3 Bg6 24.Be2 Rc8 25.Kd2 Nc2 26.Rc1 Rc5 27.Nxc2 Rd5+ 28.Ke1 Rc5 29.Kd2 Rd5+ 30.Ke1 Rc5 31.Kd2, draw.