Wednesday, February 5, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/4/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1961) - xiaopang123 (Chess.com 1966), Chess.com 2/4/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd7 8.Nf3 Nb6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Ng5 Qe7 13.Rxf7 Qd8 14.Ne6 Qh4 15.Rxf8+ Rxf8 16.Nxf8 Kxf8 17.c3 Kg8 18.Nd2 Rf8 19.Nf3 Qe4 


20.b3 Bb5 21.Bd2 Be2 22.Qe1 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Qxf3 24.Qe3 Qg4+ 25.Qg3 Qxg3+ 26.hxg3 Rf3 27.Kg2 Rd3 28.Be1 Nd7 29.Kf2 c5 30.Ke2 c4 31.bxc4 dxc4 32.a4 Kf7 33.Rb1 b5


34.axb5 a5 35.Ra1 h5 36.Rxa5 g5 37.Ra7 Ke6 38.Ra6+ Ke7 39.Rh6 h4 40.gxh4 gxh4 41.Bxh4+ Kf7 42.e6+ Kg7 43.exd7 Kxh6 44.d8=Q Rxc3


45.Qg5+ Kh7 46.Qf5+ Kg8 47.b6 Rb3 48.Qd5+ Kf8 49.b7 Rxb7 50.Qxb7 c3 51.Kd3 c2 52.Kxc2 Kg8 53.Qe7 Kh8 54.Bf6+ Kg8 55.Qg7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Htsiahaan (lichess 1988) - JimWest (lichess 2062), lichess 2/4/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.a3 Bc5 7.Be2 Ne7 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nbc6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh6 Nf5 13.Qh3 Nfd4 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Qc3 Qe7 16.Be3 O-O 17.h4 Qxe5 18.Qxc5 Nb3 19.Qxc6 Nxa1


20.O-O Bf5 21.Nc3 Nc2 22.Qb7 Qg7 23.Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.Bc5 Rfc8 25.Bd6 d4 26.Nd5 Re8 27.Ne7 Rxe7 28.Bxe7 d3 29.Rd1 Re8 30.Bd6 e3 31.fxe3 Nxe3 32.Rd2 Nc4 33.Bf4 Nxd2 34.Bxd2 h6 35.Nf3 Re2


36.Kf1 Be4 37.Bc3+ Kh7 38.Nd4 Bxg2+ 39.Kg1 Be4 40.Nb3 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Nd2 Bg6 43.a4 g4 44.a5 a6 45.Nf1 Kh6 46.Bd2+ Kh7 47.Bc3 Kh6 48.Bd2+ Rxd2 49.Nxd2 Kg5 50.Kg2 Kf4

51.b4 Be4+ 52.Kf2 g3+ 53.Kg1 Ke3 54.Nf1+ Kf3 55.Nd2+ Kf4 56.Kf1 Bc6 57.Nc4 Bb5 58.Nd2 Ke3 59.Kg2 Kxd2 60.Kxg3 Kc3 61.Kf4 d2 62.Ke3 d1=Q 63.Kf4 Kxb4, White resigns.