Thursday, October 30, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2023) - cmupadhyai (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 10/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 Nh5 8.O-O Nxf4 9.Nxf4 Be7 10.Nc3 c6 11.Kh1 O-O 12.Qg4 Qd7 13.Qxd7 Nxd7 14.Rae1 g6 15.d4 Bf6 16.Nfe2 Bg7 17.d5 Nc5 18.b4 Na6 19.dxc6 bxc6


20.b5 cxb5 21.Nxb5 Nb4 22.Nxd6 Nxc2 23.Rc1 Nd4 24.Nxd4 Bxd4 25.Rc7 Be5 26.Rd7 f6 27.Nc4 Rac8 28.Nxe5 fxe5 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.h3 Rc4 31.Rxa7 Rxe4


32.a4 h5 33.a5 g5 34.a6 g4 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Kh2 Ra4 37.Kg3 Ke8 38.Ra8+ Kd7 39.a7 Kc7 40.Re8 Rxa7 41.Re7+ Kb6 42.Rxa7 Kxa7 43.Kxg4 e4 44.Kf4 e3 45.Kxe3 Kb6


46.Ke4 Kc6 47.Ke5 Kd7 48.Kf6 Kd6 49.g4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Red_Dervish (lichess 1964) - JimWest (lichess 2020), lichess 10/29/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.d5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 Nf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Ndxe4 d5 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Be2 Bc5 11.O-O O-O 12.Nxd5 Bxf2+ 13.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 14.Kh1 cxd5 15.Qxd5+ Kh8 16.Bg5 Qxe2 17.h3 Rf1+ 18.Rxf1 Qxf1+ 19.Kh2 h6


20.Bh4 Qf8 21.Qxa8 Nd7 22.Qxa7 Nf6 23.a4 Bf5 24.c4 e4 25.a5 Qd6+ 26.Bg3 Qd2 27.Qb8+ Kh7 28.a6 e3 29.a7 Be4 30.a8=Q Qxg2#.