Monday, November 17, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/16/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2056) - elminim (Chess.com 1999), Chess.com 11/16/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.Nxb6 axb6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.a3 Qe7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nd4 14.c3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Nd7 16.f5 c5 17.g4 f6 18.Kg2 b5 19.Bd2 c4


20.dxc4 bxc4 21.Be3 b5 22.Rad1 Rfc8 23.Rd5 Nc5 24.Bxc5 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 dxc5 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Qe3 Kf7 29.Qxc5 Qd2+ 30.Qf2 Qd3 31.Qa7+ Kg8 32.Qb8+ Kh7


33.Qxb5 Qxe4+ 34.Kg3 Qf4+ 35.Kg2 Qd2+ 36.Kg3 Qe1+ 37.Kg2 Qe2+ 38.Kg3 e4


39.Qe8 Qf3+ 40.Kh2 Qf2+ 41.Kh1 Qe1+ 42.Kg2 Qd2+ 43.Kg3 Qd3+ 44.Kg2 Qc2+ 45.Kg3 Qd3+ 46.Kg2 Qf3+ 47.Kh2 Qe2+ 48.Kg3 Qe1+ 49.Kg2 Qd2+ 50.Kg3 Qd3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

todor680816 (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2003), lichess 11/16/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.e6 O-O 10.Qh5 h6 11.Nf7 Qe8


12.Qg4 Kh7 13.Ne5 Rf6 14.Bf4 Bxe6 15.Qg3 Qf8 16.Be3 Nf5, White resigns.