Thursday, August 21, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/20/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mehrdad441 (Chess.com 2078) - JimWest (Chess.com 1952), Chess.com 8/20/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Qc2 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nbd2 Qc7 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.O-O h6 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Rfe1 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Nc5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.e4 Be6 17.Rf1 Qb6 18.Kh1 Nb3


19.Ra3 Nxd2 20.Nxd2 Rxf1+ 21.Nxf1 Rf8 22.Qe2 Rf2 23.Qh5 Bf7 24.Qd1 Qxb2 25.Ra1 Rxg2 26.Rb1 Qf2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2063) - tofik56 (lichess 2127), lichess 8/20/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 c6 8.c3 Be6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.h3 Bf8 13.Bh2 b5 14.Kh1 a5 15.d4 Nb6 16.a3 a4 17.Rae1 Rc8 18.e5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Nfd5


20.Bf3 Qg5 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.Nc5 Nc4 23.Nxc4 bxc4 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Qxa4 Qb7 26.Bh5 Re7 27.Bd6 Qxb2 28.Bxe7 Bxe7 29.Bf7+ Kh8 30.Bxe6 Rb8 31.Qxc6 Nxc3 32.Qxc4 Bf6


33.Bf7 Rd8 34.Re8+ Rxe8 35.Bxe8 Qe2 36.Qxe2 Nxe2 37.Rxf6 gxf6 38.d5 Ng3+ 39.Kh2 Nf5 40.Bc6 Kg7 41.a4 Nd6 42.a5 Nc8 43.a6 Na7 44.Bb7 Kf8 45.Kg3 Ke7 46.Kf4 Nb5 47.g4 Na7 48.Kf5 Nb5 49.Kg6 Na7 50.Kxh6 Kd6


51.Kg6 Ke5 52.h4 Nc6 53.Bxc6, Black resigns.