Wednesday, August 6, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2033) - Monochonk (Chess.com 2007), Chess.com 8/5/2025

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg4 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 c6 8.O-O Bg7 9.c3 e5 10.Qc2 Qb6+ 11.Kh1 h5 12.a4 Ng4 13.Na3 Ne3 14.Bxe3 Qxe3 15.Nc4 Qxf4 16.Nxd6+ Ke7 17.Be2 Qh4


18.Rxf7+ Kxd6 19.Rxg7 Qf6 20.Rxd7+ Kxd7 21.Rf1 Qe6 22.d4 Raf8 23.Rd1 Kc7 24.d5 Qf6 25.Qb3 Rd8 26.Rf1 Qg5 27.dxc6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

lundag (lichess 2166) - JimWest (lichess 2074), lichess 8/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.Bc4 Qh4 9.O-O O-O-O 10.c3 Nc6 11.Be6+ Kb8 12.exf5 Be7 13.b4 Rdf8 14.Nd2 Nxf5 15.Nf3 Qh5 16.b5 Nd8 17.Bd5 Nh4 18.Nxh4 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Bxh4


20.g3 Bf6 21.Be3 h5 22.h4 e4 23.Rac1 Re8 24.c4 c6 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Rxd6 Ne5 28.Rb1+ Kc7 29.Ra6 Ra8 30.Bf4 Rhb8 31.Re1 Kb7 32.Rxf6 gxf6 33.Rxe4 Kc6


34.Bxe5 fxe5 35.Rxe5 Rh8 36.Kg2 a5 37.a4 Kb6 38.f4 Rac8 39.Rb5+ Ka6 40.c5 Rb8 41.Rxb8 Rxb8 42.Kf3 Rc8 43.f5 Rxc5 44.Kf4 Rc4+ 45.Kg5 Rg4+ 46.Kxh5 Rxg3


47.f6 Rf3 48.Kg6 Rg3+ 49.Kh6 Rf3 50.Kg7 Rg3+ 51.Kh6 Rf3 52.Kg7 Rg3+ 53.Kh6, draw.