Thursday, January 23, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/22/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1965) - goldenbear86 (Chess.com 2047), Chess.com 1/22/2025

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 b5 4.f4 Bb7 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.c3 O-O 9.a4 a6 10.Kh1 c5 11.Be3 e5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Na3 c4 16.dxc4 bxc4 17.Bxc4 Bxe4


18.Qd2 Ng4 19.Bg1 Bb7, Black resigns,

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sahragard (lichess 2074) - JimWest (lichess 2077), lichess 1/22/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.c4 Bxf5 7.Nc3 h6 8.Ngxe4 Qe7 9.f3 Nxe4 10.fxe4 Bxe4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Bxe2 Nc6 14.Bh5+ Kd7 15.Bg4+ Kd8 16.Be3 Be7 17.Rd1 Bf6 18.O-O Re8


19.Rfe1 Rxe3 20.Rxe3 Bxd4 21.Kf2 Bxe3+ 22.Kxe3 Ne5 23.Be2 Ke7 24.Kd4 Rf8 25.Re1 Kd7 26.Rf1 Rxf1 27.Bxf1 Nc6+ 28.Ke3 a5 29.a3 g5 30.g3 Ke6 31.Ke4 b6 32.Bh3+ Ke7 33.Bg2 Ne5 34.Kd4 Ng4


35.h3 Nf6 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 c5+ 38.bxc5 bxc5+ 39.Kd3 Nd7 40.h4 Ne5+ 41.Kc3 gxh4 42.gxh4 Kf6 43.Bd5 Ng6 44.h5 Nf4 45.Bf3 Kg5 46.Kd2 Nxh5 47.Ke3 Ng7 48.Ke4 Kf6 49.Kd5 Ke7 50.Bg4 h5 51.Bh3 h4


52.Bc8 Nh5 53.Ke4 Nf6+ 54.Kf4 d5 55.cxd5 Nxd5+ 56.Kg5 c4 57.Kxh4 c3 58.Bf5 Kf6 59.Bd3 Ke5 60.Kg3 Kd4 61.Bb1 Ke3 62.Kg2 Ke2 63.Kg1 Ne3


64.Be4 Nd1 65.Bb1 Kd2 66.Kf1 Kc1 67.Be4 Kd2 68.Bb1 Ne3+ 69.Kf2 Nc2 70.Kf1 Kc1 71.Ba2 Kb2, White resigns.