Monday, January 6, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1980) - wchen8369 (Chess.com 1827), Chess.com 1/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qc6


11.Nxb5 Qxb5 12.Qc8+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ f6 14.exf6+ gxf6 15.O-O-O fxg5 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Nh3 h6 18.Rhf1+ Kg7 19.Qf6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ricuchi (lichess 1955) - JimWest (lichess 2057), lichess 1/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.a3 fxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.d3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 O-O-O 11.O-O Nf6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qf5+ Qd7 15.Qh5 Rdf8 16.Nc5 Qe7 17.Qf5+ Kb8 18.Nd7+ Ka8 19.Nxf8 Rxf8


20.Qxh7 Nd4 21.c3 Ne2+ 22.Kh1 Nf4 23.Rfe1 a6 24.Rad1 c5 25.Qe4 Qf7 26.d4 cxd4 27.cxd4 Qg6 28.dxe5 Bxe5 29.Rd7 Qxe4 30.Rxe4 Ng6 31.Rb4 Rxf2 32.g4 Rxb2


33.Rxb2 Bxb2 34.a4 Nh4 35.Kg1 Bf6 36.Kf2 Ka7 37.Kg3 Ng6 38.Rd6 Be5+ 39.Kf3 Bxd6 40.Ke4 b5 41.axb5 axb5 42.Kd5 Bg3, White resigns.