Monday, May 26, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Balanced_Tiger (Chess.com 2068) - JimWest (Chess.com 2063), Chess.com 5/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Bg4 c6 8.O-O Na6 9.e6 Nf6 10.Nf7 Qe7 11.Nxh8 Bxe6 12.Bxe6 Qxe6 13.Bg5 Kf8 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nc3 Kg8 16.Kh1 Kxh8 17.Qe2 Rf8 18.Kg1 Nc7 19.Na4 Bd4


20.c3 Be5 21.f3 Qh6 22.g3 e3 23.f4 Bd6 24.Qxe3 Ne6 25.Rae1 Nc7 26.Nc5 b6 27.Nd3 Qf6 28.Qd4 Qf5 29.Kg2 c5 30.Qe3 Re8 31.Qd2 d4 32.Rxe8+ Nxe8 33.Re1 Nf6 34.cxd4 cxd4 35.Qe2 h5


36.Nf2 Qd5+ 37.Ne4 Bb4 38.Kf3 Bxe1 39.Qxe1 d3 40.Qc1 Qxe4+ 41.Kf2 Ng4+ 42.Kf1 Qe2+ 43.Kg1 Qf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2061) - Roadto2thausend (lichess 1985), lichess 5/25/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.d4 b6 7.Bc4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qe7 9.Ne2 Bb7 10.O-O f6 11.e6 Nc5 12.dxc5 Qxc5+ 13.Qd4 Qc6 14.Nbc3 Bc5 15.Bb5 Bxd4+ 16.Nxd4 O-O 17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Be3 Rfe8


20.Rad1 Rxe6 21.Rd4 Rae8 22.Rfd1 R8e7 23.Rd8+ Kf7 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.R8xd5 Ke8 26.Rd8+ Kf7 27.R8d7 Ke8 28.Rxe7+ Kxe7 29.Kf2 f5 30.Ke2 c5 31.c4 h6 32.h4 a5 33.a4 Rc6


34.h5 Re6 35.Rd5 Kf6 36.Bf4 g5 37.hxg6 Kxg6 38.Rd6, Black resigns.