Friday, September 5, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

ginomarcella (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 9/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.a4 Nd7 10.a5 O-O-O 11.Qe2 Bc5 12.Na4 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 a6 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Ne6 16.c3 h5 17.Qe2 g5 18.Bxa6 f3 19.gxf3 Nf4


20.Bxf4 gxf4 21.Bc4 h4 22.Kh1 Kc7 23.a6 b5 24.a7 Ne7 25.Bb3 Ra8 26.Ra6 Rh6 27.c4 bxc4 28.Bxc4 Rg6 29.b5 Qg5 30.bxc6 Qg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2019) - murat871y (lichess 2002), lichess 9/4/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 Bb6 8.h3 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.e5 Re8 11.Be2 Nh5 12.Bh2 d6 13.exd6 cxd6 14.O-O Qf6 15.Kh1 Bf5 16.Nd5 Qe6 17.Nxb6 axb6


18.Re1 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Qxh3 20.Rg1 Nf4 21.Bf1 Qh6 22.Qd2 Re4 23.c3 Ra5 24.Bd3 Nxd3 25.Qxh6 Nf2+ 26.Kg2 gxh6 27.Kxf2+ Kf8 28.Bxd6+ Ke8 29.Rae1 Rxe1 30.Rxe1+ Kd7 31.Ba3 Nd8


32.Ne5+ Kc7 33.Ke3 h5 34.Rf1 Kc8 35.Nxf7 Nxf7 36.Rxf7 h6 37.Rh7 Kb8 38.Rxh6 Kc7 39.Bd6+ Kd7 40.a3 Rg5 41.Be5 b5 42.Kf4 Rg2 43.Rxh5 Rxb2 44.Rh7+ Kc6 45.Rc7+ Kb6 46.Rc5 Rb3 47.Bd6 Rb1 48.Rc8 Rc1 49.Bb4 Re1


50.d5 Rd1 51.d6 Rd3 52.Rh8 Kc6 53.Rh6 Kd7 54.Rh7+ Kc6 55.Ke4 Rd1 56.Rc7+ Kb6 57.Bc5+ Ka6 58.Bd4 Re1+ 59.Kd5 Re8 60.d7 Rd8 61.Bf6 Rf8 62.d8=Q Rxd8+ 63.Bxd8 b6


64.Rc6 Ka5 65.Bxb6+ Ka4 66.Bc5 Kb3 67.Bb4 Ka4 68.Rc5 Kb3, Black resigns.