Wednesday, July 30, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jerrymayo (Chess.com 2070) - JimWest (Chess.com 2034), Chess.com 7/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qd3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nd7 11.Rd1 O-O-O 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.Qg4 h5 14.Qe6 Qxe6 15.Bxe6 Rh6 16.Bxd7+ Rxd7 17.Rxd7 Kxd7 18.g3 g5 19.b3 Nc8


20.Bb2 fxg3 21.fxg3 Bc5+ 22.Kg2 Bd4 23.Rf1 Nd6 24.Nd1 Bxb2 25.Nxb2 Ke7 26.Nd3 Re6 27.g4 hxg4 28.hxg4 Nxe4 29.Rf5 Kd6 30.Ne1 Rf6 31.Kf3 Rxf5+ 32.gxf5 Nf6


33.Ng2 e4+ 34.Kg3 Ke5 35.c3 Kxf5 36.Ne3+ Ke6 37.Nc2 c5 38.a4 b6 39.b4 cxb4 40.Nxb4 Nd5 41.Nc6 Nxc3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2095) - LA-789 (lichess 1979), lichess 7/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 exf4 6.Bxf4 d6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 d5 9.e5 Ng4 10.d4 Bb4 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 f6 13.exf6 Nxf6 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Bd3 Ne4


16.Re1 Nxg5 17.Rxe8 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Rxe8 19.Qxd5+ Be6 20.Qe4 g5, Black resigns.