Monday, August 4, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/3/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

MichaelWu18 (Chess.com 1970) - JimWest (Chess.com 2001), Chess.com 8/3/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.d5 Nf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.dxc6 Nxc6 9.Be2 d5 10.Nb3 Bb4 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 O-O 13.Bf4 Re8 14.Nc5 Qe7 15.Nb3 Kh8 16.Bb5 Bd7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Ne5 19.Be2 Bc6


20.Qd2 Rad8 21.Qc3 Nd5 22.Qxe5 Qxe5 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.Rad1 Rde8 25.Bc4 g6 26.h3 Kg7 27.Kh2 R8e7 28.g4 g5 29.Nd4 Nb6 30.Bb3 Bd7 31.a4 a5 32.Kg3 Kg6


33.c3 Bxa4 34.Bxa4 Nxa4 35.Nf5 Rxf5 36.gxf5+ Kxf5 37.c4 b6 38.Rd5+ Re5 39.Rxe5+ Kxr5 40.Kg4 Kd4 41.Kxg5 Kxc4 42.Kh6 Nc5 43.Kxh7 a4 44.Kg6 b5 45.h4 a3 46.h5 Ne6


47.Kf6 Nf8 48.Kf7 Nh7 49.Kg7 Ng5 50.Kg6 Ne6 51.Kf6 Nf8 52.Kf7 Nh7 53.Kg7 b4 54.Kxh7 b3 55.Kg6 a2 56.h6 b2 57.h7 b1=Q 58.h8=Q Qxf1 59.Qc8+ Kb3 60.Qb8+ Kc3 61.Qe5+ Kd2 62.Qa5+ Ke2 63.Qxa2+ Kf3


64.Qf7+ Kg2 65.Qe6 Qe2 66.Qf5 Qf3 67.Qg5+ Kxf2 68.Qd2+ Kg3 69.Qe1+ Kf4 70.Qd2+ e3 71.Qd6+ Kg4 72.Qe6+ Kg3 73.Qd6+ Kf2 74.Qd4 Kf1 75.Qa1+ Kg2 76.Qb2+ e2 77.Qd2 Kf1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2077) - UniqueChess0712 (lichess 2186), lichess 8/3/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 Nc6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qd7 8.O-O O-O-O 9.Bg5 Be7 10.c3 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nbd2 d5 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.d4 Rfe8 15.Bc4 Qh5 16.Qc2 Rf8 17.Rae1 Be7 18.Ne4 Qg6 19.Bd3 f5


20.Ng3 Bd6 21.Nh4 Qh5 22.Nxh5 Bxh5 23.Nxf5, Black resigns.