Saturday, May 24, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/23/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

HnblBrk01 (Chess.com 1922) - JimWest (Chess.com 2054), Chess.com 5/23/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Ng5 Qc7 9.Bf7+ Kf8 10.Be6 h6 11.Bxc8 Qxc8 12.Nh3 g5 13.f3 Qc7 14.a4 a5 15.Kf2 Nbd7 16.Ra3 Kg7 17.g3 d5 18.Ra1 Bc5+ 19.Kg2 Rhg8


20.exd5 Nxd5 21.Ne4 Be3 22.Nhf2 Bxc1 23.Rfxc1 Kh8 24.c4 Ne3+ 25.Kh1 Rae8 26.Nd1 Nxd1 27.Qxd1 Rgf8 28.g4 Nf6 29.Qe2 Rd8 30.Nc5 Rfe8 31.Rc3 Rd4 32.Rb3 b6 33.Ne4 Nxe4 34.fxe4 c5


35.Kg2 Rf8 36.Kf3 Rf6 37.Rh1 Qd7 38.Ra3 h5 39.h3 h4 40.Qc2 Rfd6 41.Rd1 Kg7 42.Qb3 Kf6 43.Ke2 Qc6 44.Qb5 Qxb5 45.axb5 Ke6 46.Rc3 Kd7 47.Rf1 Rf6 48.Rf3 Kc7 49.Kd2 Rfd6 50.Kc2 Kb7 51.Kb3 Ka7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2088) - Aderiho (lichess 2096), lichess 5/23/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nf3 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Be2 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Na3 O-O 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Rfd8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nc4 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.Ncd2 Ra1+ 19.Nb1 Kh7


20.b4 Bb6 21.Qb2 Ra8 22.Nbd2 Rd8 23.Bxb5 Ne7 24.Be2 c5 25.O-O cxb4+ 26.Kh1 bxc3 27.Qxc3 Qd6 28.h3 Bxf3 29.Nxf3 Rc8 30.Qxe5 Qd7 31.f6 Ng6


32.Qb2 gxf6 33.Qxb6 Nf4 34.Ba6 Rc6 35.Qb7 Qe6 36.Nd4 Qxe4 37.Rg1, Black forfeits.