Wednesday, May 21, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2032) - Papaflessas (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 5/20/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.c3 b5 9.f5 h6 10.Kh1 Bb7 11.Be3 d5 12.Qc2 dxe4 13.dxe4 Ng4 14.Bg1 Nf6 15.Nbd2 b4 16.Rfd1 Qc8 17.h3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Bd6 19.Rab1 a5


20.a4 Nh5 21.Bh2 Nf6 22.Bc4 Rb8 23.Bd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Ne7 25.c4 Nxf5 26.Re1 Re8 27.g4 Nd4 28.Nxd4 exd4 29.Bxd6 cxd6 30.Ne4 Qd7 31.Rb5 Ra8 32.Reb1 Ra7 33.Qd3 Bc8 34.Qxd4 h5


35.Rg1 Rc7 36.Ng3 hxg4 37.Nh5 Re5 38.Rxg4 Qe7 39.Rxg7+ Kf8 40.Rg1 Bxh3 41.Rb8+ Bc8 42.Qg4 Rxh5+ 43.Qxh5 Qe4+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+ 45.Rg3 Qf2+ 46.Rg2 Qf4+ 47.Kh1 Qf1+ 48.Rg1 Qf6


49.Qh3 Rxc4 50.Rxc8+ Rxc8 51.Qxc8+ Ke7 52.Re1+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

gali_ahmetov (lichess 2188) - JimWest (lichess 2102), lichess 5/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Nb3 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bxg5 Bxf2+ 12.Rxf2 hxg5 13.Rxf8+ Qxf8 14.Nc3 c6 15.Bg4 Na6 16.Bxc8 Rxc8 17.Qh5 Qg7 18.Rf1 Rf8 19.Rxf8+ Kxf8


20.e6 Kg8 21.Ne2 Qg6 22.Qg4 Qf5 23.Qh5 Qg6 24.Qg4 Qf5 25.Qh5 Qg6, draw.