Saturday, June 28, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/27/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

notmyhome (Chess.com 1827) - JimWest (Chess.com 1953), Chess.com 6/27/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5


6.Bd3 e4 7.Bb5+ c6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2054) - bair999 (lichess 2013), lichess 6/27/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Nf3 Nh5 8.Bg3 Bg4 9.Be2 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.O-O-O Ne5 15.d4 Nxf3 16.gxf3 Bb6 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nc4 d5


19.Ne5 Qg5+ 20.Rd2 Kg8 21.Qxd5+ Bf7 22.Qe4 Bg6 23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Bc4+ Rf7 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.Bxd5 c6 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Rd2 Bc7 29.Kc2 Bf4 30.Rhe1 Rh8 31.Kd3 Rh3 32.Ke4 g5


33.Rf2 Bg3 34.Ree2 Bxf2 35.Rxf2 Kf6 36.c4 Rh1 37.d5 c5 38.b3 a5 39.Rd2 Re1+ 40.Kd3 Ke5 41.Re2+ Rxe2 42.Kxe2 b5 43.a4 b4 44.Ke3 g6


45.Kd3 Kf4 46.d6 Kxf3 47.d7 Kxg4 48.d8=Q Kh3 49.Qxg5, Black resigns.