Tuesday, December 2, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

SS_Catalin (Chess.com 1933) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 12/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Nf6+ Kf7 15.Nfd5 c6 16.Ne3 Kf6 17.g3 h5 18.O-O-O Rad8 19.Nc4 Bc7


20.a3 h4 21.Ne2 Rxd1+ 22.Kxd1 hxg3 23.Nxg3 Bxf4 24.Nf1 Rh3 25.c3 Nc5 26.Ke2 Nd3 27.a4 b5 28.axb5 cxb5 29.Na3 a6 30.b4 Ne5 31.Nb1 Nc4


32.Rg1 Be5 33.Nbd2 Nxd2 34.Nxd2 Rxh2+ 35.Ke3 Rh3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2023) - Stoneymane (lichess 1989), lichess 12/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.Bxf4 O-O 9.c3 f6 10.e6 g5 11.h3 gxf4 12.hxg4 Bxe6 13.Bd3 f5 14.gxf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5 16.Qd3 Qf8 17.Nbd2 Re8 18.O-O-O Bd6 19.Rh3 Re3


20.Qb5 Qg7 21.Qxb7 Ne7 22.Rdh1 h5 23.Rxh5 Rxh5 24.Rxh5 Qxg2 25.Rg5+ Qxg5 26.Nxg5 Re1+ 27.Kc2 Nf5 28.Qc8+ Kg7 29.Qxf5, Black resigns.