Monday, May 19, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/18/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2025) - Waweczek (Chess.com 2100), Chess.com 5/18/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 O-O 9.f5 h6 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 Kh7 12.Nc4 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Qe2 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.O-O-O Re8 17.Be4 Qg5 18.Qf3 Rad8 19.Kb1 Be3


20.f6+ g6 21.h4 Qc5 22.h5 Ne5 23.Nxe5 Qxe5 24.hxg6+ fxg6 25.f7 Rf8 26.d4 Qg7 27.Bd5 c6 28.Bc4 g5 29.g4 c5 30.Bd3+ Kh8 31.Rxh6+ Qxh6 32.Rh1 Kg7 33.Rxh6 Kxh6


34.Qh3+ Kg7 35.Qh7+ Kf6 36.Qg6+ Ke7 37.Bc4 Rd6 38.Qxg5+ Kd7 39.Qxc5 b6 40.Qf5+ Kc7 41.g5 f3 42.Qxf3 Bxg5 43.Qg4 Be7 44.Qe4 Bd8 45.Qe8, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Geythewhite (lichess 1945) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 5/18/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.d3 Nc6 4.c3 f5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Be7 9.Nf3 Be6 10.d4 e4 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 O-O 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.Qe2 Nf4 15.Qe3 Bxc4 16.Nxc4 Nd3 17.Rd1 Qe6 18.b3 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5


20.Bb2 f4 21.Qd4 Qxd4 22.Rd4 e3 23.f3 Rad8 24.c4 Rxd4 25.Bxd4 Bf6 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Kf1 Rd6 28.g3 g5 29.gxf4 gxf4 30.h3 Rd2 31.a3 Rf2+, White resigns.