Friday, January 24, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1929) - AntonioPalaciosE (Chess.com 1849), Chess.com 1/23/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 dxe4 9.dxe4 Ng4 10.h3 Ne3 11.Bxe3 Bxe3 12.Nbd2 a6 13.O-O-O b5 14.Kb1 Qe7 15.Be2 Bb7 16.Nf1 Bb6 17.g4 f6 18.h4 Rfd8


19.g5 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Rd8 21.gxf6 Qxf6 22.Ng3 Na5 23.Nh5 Qf7 24.Ng5 Qc4 25.Be2 Qc6 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qd6 28.Qxd6 cxd6 29.Bd3 Nc4 30.f6 gxf6 31.Nxf6+ Kg7 32.Nd5 Bxd5 33.exd5 h6 34.Ne4 Bc7


35.Bxc4 bxc4 36.Nd2 Kg6 37.Nxc4 Kh5 38.Kc2 Kxh4 39.Kd3 Kg3 40.Ke4 h5 41.Ne3 h4 42.Nf5+ Kg4 43.Ne3+ Kg5 44.Kf3 e4+ 45.Kxe4 h3 46.Kf3 Kh4 47.Nf5+ Kg5 48.Ne3 h2 49.Kg2 Bb6 50.Nf1 Kf4 51.Kxh2 Ke4 52.c4 Kd4 53.b3 Kc3


54.Ng3 Kb2 55.Ne4 Kxa2 56.b4 Kb3 57.c5 dxc5 58.bxc5 Bd8 59.d6 a5 60.c6 a4 61.Nc5+ Kb4 62.Nxa4 Bf6 63.c7 Kxa4 64.c8=Q Be5+ 65.Kg2 Bxd6 66.Qc6+ Ka5 67.Qxd6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mohammadamin1399 (lichess 2121) - JimWest (lichess 2084), lichess 1/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2


10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2 12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe5 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Qd6+, White resigns.