Tuesday, September 2, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1953) - Jhinmain (Chess.com 1964), Chess.com 9/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Be7 6.fxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Nc6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Nf3 d6 10.Bb5 Bg4 11.O-O O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.h3 Bh5 14.c4 Nb6 15.exd6 cxd6 16.b3 Rb8 17.Nc3 Bf6 18.Be3 Re8 19.Qd2 Qd7


20.Rae1 Re7 21.d5 Rbe8 22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 24.Kh1 Bxf3 25.Rxe7 Bxg2+ 26.Qxg2 Bxe7 27.Nd5 Qd4 28.Nxe7+ Kf8 29.Nf5 Qc3 30.Nxd6 Rd8 31.Nxf7 Rd2 32.Nd6+ Ke7 33.Nf5+ Kd7


34.Qxg7+ Qxg7 35.Nxg7 Rxa2 36.Nf5 Kc6 37.Nd4+ Kc5 38.Nb5 a6 39.Nc3 Rc2 40.Na4+ Kb4 41.Rb1 Ka3 42.c5 Kb4 43.h4 h5 44.Rb2 Rxb2 45.Nxb2 Kxc5 46.Kg2 Kb4 47.Na4 a5 48.Kf3 Kxb3 49.Nb6 Kb4 50.Kf4 Kb5


51.Nd5 Kc5 52.Nc3 Kc4 53.Nb1 a4 54.Ke3 Kd5 55.Nc3+ Ke5 56.Nxa4 Kf5 57.Kf3 Kg6 58.Kf4 Kh6 59.Kf5 Kh7 60.Kg5 Kg7 61.Kxh5 Kh7 62.Kg5 Kh8 63.h5 Kh7 64.h6 Kh8 65.Kg6 Kg8


66.Nc5 Kh8 67.Ne4 Kg8 68.Ng5 Kh8 69.Nf7+ Kg8 70.h7+ Kf8 71.a8=Q+ Ke7 72.Qd8+ Ke6 73.Qd6#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

crushinlegend (lichess 1989) - JimWest (lichess 2033), lichess 9/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Be2 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.Bg4 Bxg4 16.Nxg4 Qb6 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.b3 Rae8 19.c4 h6


20.Bf4 Nh7 21.Bd6 Rf7 22.c5 Qd8 23.Qg4 b5 24.Bf4 Qf6 25.Be5 Qf5 26.Qxf5 Rxf5 27.a4 b4 28.f4 exf3 29.Rxf3 Rxf3 30.gxf3 Ng5 31.Kf2 Ne6 32.Re1 Kf7 33.Kg3 g5


34.h4 gxh4+ 35.Kxh4 Nxd4 36.Re3 Rxf5 37.Rxf5 Nxf3+ 38.Kg4 Nxf5+ 39.Kf5 Nd7 40.Kg4 Nxc5 41.Kh5 Kg7, White resigns.