Tuesday, June 17, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

XYXThe_64_SquaresXYX (Chess.com 1887) - JimWest (Chess.com 2000), Chess.com 6/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6+ Bxf6 13.Qxe4 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.c3 Bf6 16.Be2 Nc6 17.O-O Kxh8 18.Rad1 Be6 19.a3 Rg8


20.f4 Ne7 21.Bf3 b6 22.Rfe1 Bc8 23.Kf2 a5 24.Re3 Nf5 25.Red3 Be7 26.b4 axb4 27.axb4 Bd6 28.g3 Ba6 29.R3d2 Re8 30.Re1 Rxe1 31.Kxe1 Ne3


32.Kf2 Nf1 33.Rd1 Nxh2 34.Bh5 Bc8 35.Ra1 Ng4+ 36.Kf3 Nf6 37.Ra8 Nxh5 38.Rxc8+ Kg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2031) - EVGENIY22772025 (lichess 2152), lichess 6/16/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O f6 11.c3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 fxe5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qb3+ Qd5 16.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 17.Kxf1 Rf8+ 18.Kg1 Be6 19.Qxd5 cxd5


20.Be3 Bd6 21.Rf1 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 c5 23.h3 cxd4 24.Bxd4 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Kf8 26.Ke2 a6 27.Ke3 g6 28.Kd4 Ke7 29.h4 Kd7 30.g3 Kc6, draw.