Friday, October 24, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

jadallah1947 (Chess.com 1947) - JimWest Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 10/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Bxg5 Rxg8 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.c3 Be6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Bf7 9.O-O Be7 10.Qf3 c6 11.Bf4 g6 12.Re1 Na6 13.Nd2 Qd7 14.Ne4 O-O-O 15.Bxd6 Bxd6 16.Nxd6+ Qxd6 17.Qxf7 Rgf8 18.Qe6+ Kb8 19.Qh3 Nc7


20.a4 a6 21.b4 h5 22.b5 cxb5 23.axb5 axb5 24.g3 b4 25.Ne6 Nxe6 26.Rxe6 Qd2 27.cxb4 Qxf2+ 28.Kh1 Qf3+ 29.Qg2 Rd1+ 30.Re1 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 Qxg2+ 32.Qxg2 Rd8


33.Re1 Rd2+ 34.Kh3 g5 35.b5 g4+ 36.Kh4 Rxh2+ 37.Kg5 Rb2 38.Re5 Ka7 39.Kxh5 Kb6 40.Kxg4 Rxb5 41.Rxb5+ Kxb5


42.Kf5 Kc5 43.g4 b5 44.g5 b4 45.g6 b3 46.g7 b2 47.g8=Q b1=Q+ 48.Ke5 Qe1+ 49.Kf4 Qf2+ 50.Ke4 
Qd4+ 51.Kf3 Qd5+ 52.Qxd5+ Kxd5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2039) - Frussen (lichess 2033), lichess 10/23/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Nfd7 6.d4 Nb6 7.c3 c5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Qb3 Qe6 13.Rxf7 Qxb3 14.axb3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Kb8 16.Be3 g6 17.Nbc3 Bb4 18.Nxe4 Nd5 19.Bg5 Rdf8


20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Rf1 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Kc7 23.N2c3 Nce7 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.d5 Bxc3 26.Nxc3 Kb6 27.Ke2 Kc5 28.d6 Nc6 29.d7 Kb6 30.e6 Kc7 31.Ke3 Kd6 32.Ne4+ Kxe6 33.Nc5+ Kd6 34.Nxb7+ Kxd7


35.Nc5+ Kd6 36.Ne4+ Ke5 37.h4 a5 38.g4 h5 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Ng3 Nd4 41.Nxh5 Nf5+ 42.Kd3 Nxh443.Kc4 Nf5 44.Kb5 Nd4+ 45.Kxa5 Nb3+ 46.Kb4 Nd4 47.Kc3 Kd5 48.Nf4+ Kc5 49.Nd3+ Kd5 50.b4 Ke4 51.Nc5+ Kd5


52.Nb3 Nb5+ 53.Kd3 Nd6 54.Nd4 Ke5 55.Nc6+ Kd5 56.Ne7+ Ke5 57.Ng6+ Kd5 58.Nf4+ Ke5 59.Ne2 Kd5 60.Nc3+ Ke5


61.Na4 Kd5 62.Nb6+ Kc6 63.Nc4 Nb5 64.Na5+ Kd5 65.Nc4 Kc6 66.Ke4 Nc3+ 67.Kd4 Nb5+ 68.Ke5 Nc3 69.Nd6 Nb5 70.Nxb5 Kxb5 71.Kd5 Kxb4, draw.