Sunday, June 22, 2025

2 PCG Reversed Games 6/21/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2009) - Papaflessas (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 6/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Rb8 9.f5 h6 10.a4 a6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Be3 Qd7 15.Nd2 b4 16.Qc2 bxc3 17.bxc3 d5 18.Bf2 d4


19.Nc4 dxc3 20.Qxc3 Bd6 21.Nxd6 cxd6 22.Rfc1 Rfc8 23.Qd2 Nd4 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Qf2 Rxc1+ 26.Rxc1 Rb4 27.g4 Qa7 28.h4 Qa3 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.g5 Nd7 31.Be2 Ne5


32.g6+ fxg6 33.hxg6+ Nxg6 34.h5 Rb1+ 35.Kh2 Ne5 36.Qf5+ g6 37.Rc7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2050) - Mohammed218mm (lichess 2111), lichess 6/21/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O c5 12.c3 c6 13.Nbd2 Be7 14.Qe1 Nxd2 15.Bxd2 Rb8 16.b3 Bf5 17.Qg3 g6 18.Bh6 Bd3 19.Rfe1 Bf5


20.Bg7 Rg8 21.Bf6 Kf8 22.Ng5 Rg7 23.Bxg7+ Kxg7 24.Nf3 Be4 25.Rad1 cxd4 26.cxd4 Bb4 27.Rf1 h6 28.h4 c5 29.h5 g5 30.e6 fxe6 31.Qe5+ Kh7 32.Qxe6 Qe8


33.Nxg5+ hxg5 34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.Re7+, Black resigns.