Friday, December 26, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2033) - metraslen (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 12/25/2025

1.e3 c6 2.d3 Nf6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.c3 Bg4 9.Qc2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.Bg5 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.d4 Rc8 17.Qb3 Bg5 18.Rad1 Ne7 19.Rfe1 b6


20.Nf1 Bf6 21.Ne3 Rc7 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Bxd5 Re7 24.Bf3 Bg5 25.Qd5 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Qc7 27.Qf5 g6 28.Qd3 Bf4 29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.Qe4 Qc7 31.h3 Bd6


32.Rf1 Kg7 33.Qc6 Qe7 34.Qe4 Qc7 35.Bd1 f5 36.Qd3 Re8 37.Bb3 Qe7 38.Ba4 Rf8 39.Qb5 Rf7 40.Bb3 Rf8 41.Qc4 Bb8 42.Qe6 Qc7 43.Qe5+ Qxe5 44.dxe5 Bxe5 45.Rd1 f4 46.Rd7+ Kh6 47.Kg1 f3 48.Rf7 Rxf7 49.Bxf7 fxg2 50.Kxg2 Kg5


51.Kf3 Kf5 52.Ke3 g5 53.Bh5 Bf4+ 54.Kd3 Ke5 55.c4 Kd6 56.b3 a5 57.a4 Kc5 58.Bd1 h6 59.Ke4 Kd6 60.Kf5 Kc5 61.Ke4 Kb4 62.Kd3 Kc5 63.Ke4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ajaysharma261253 (lichess 1903) - JimWest (lichess 1999), lichess 12/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.Re1 Be7 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.d4 e4 9.Nfd2 d5 10.Qh5+ Bg6 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.Nb3 O-O-O 14.Bf4 Bf6 15.Na4 Qb4 16.Nac5 Nxc5 17.Nxc5 Qxd4 18.Ne6 Qxb2 19.Nxd8 Rxd8


20.a4 Qb4 21.Qg4+ Rd7 22.Rab1 Qe7 23.Re3 Be5 24.Reb3 b6 25.a5 b5 26.a6 Bxf4 27.Qxf4 Qd6 28.Qd2 Rf7 29.Rc3 Kd7 30.Rcb3 Qf4 31.Qd4 Qc7 32.c4 e3


33.cxd5 exf2+ 34.Kf1 Bxb1 35.dxc6+ Kc8 36.Rxb1 Qxc6 37.Qg4+ Kb8 38.Qg3+ Ka8 39.Qd3 Qc4 40.Qxc4 bxc4 41.Rc1 Rf6 42.Rxc4 Rxa6 43.Kxf2 Rf6+ 44.Ke3 Kb7 45.g4 h6 46.h4 Kb6 47.Kd2 g5 48.h5 a5


49.Ke3 Kb5 50.Re4 a4 51.Re5+ Kb4 52.Re4+ Kb3 53.Re8 a3 54.Rb8+ Kc2 55.Rc8+ Kb2 56.Rb8+ Ka1 57.Rb4 Ra6 58.Kd3 a2 59.Kc2 Rc6+ 60.Kd1 Rf6 61.Ke2 Rf4 62.Rxf4 gxf4


63.g5 hxg5 64.h6 Kb1 65.h7 a1=Q, White resigns.