Thursday, July 3, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/2/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

karthik2109 (Chess.com 1879) - JimWest (Chess.com 1990), Chess.com 7/2/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Bg5 f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.Qe2 a5 13.a4 Na6 14.Rad1 Nc5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ba2 Be6 17.Bxe6 Nxe6 18.Qc4 Qf7 19.Rd6 Nd4


20.Qxf7 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Rxf7 22.Rfd1 h6 23.Rd7 Raf8 24.Kf1 Kg8 25.Na2 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Rf7 27.Rd3 Kf8 28.b4 axb4 29.Nxb4 Be7 30.Na2 Ke8 31.Nc1 Bf8 32.Ke2 Rd7 33.Rb3 Kd8 34.Nd3 Bd6 35.c4 Kc8


36.c5 Bb8 37.h4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.Rb1 Rh7 40.Rg1 Rh5 41.Nb2 Kd7 42.Nc4 Bc7 43.Rd1+ Ke7 44.Nb6 Bxb6 45.cxb6 Rh6 46.Rg1 Kf6 47.Rd1 Ke7 48.a5 Rh8 49.Rg1 Kf6 50.Rd1 Ke7 51.Ra1 Ra8


52.Kd3 Rd8+ 53.Kc3 Ra8 54.Kc4 Kd6 55.Rd1+ Ke6 56.Kb4 Rh8 57.Kc5 Ra8 58.Rd6+ Ke7 59.Rg6 Rxa5+ 60.Kc4 Rb5 61.Rxg5 Kf6 62.Rf5+ Ke6 63.Rh5 Rxb6 64.Rh6+ Ke7 65.Kc5 Rb5+ 66.Kc4 Kd7 67.Rh7+ Kc8 68.Rh8+ Kc7 69.Rh7+ Kb6


70.Re7 Rc5+ 71.Kd3 Ka6 72.Re8 b5 73.Ra8+ Kb6 74.Ra1 b4 75.Rb1 Kb5 76.Kd2 Rc4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2040) - Kucing23 (lichess 2081), lichess 7/2/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.f5 h6 8.g4 Nd4 9.h3 Bd7 10.Nf3 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 c6 12.Qe2 b5 13.Be3 Qb6 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.Qf2 Qxf2+ 16.Kxf2 a5 17.h4 a4 18.a3 O-O-O


19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Nh7 21.Rag1 f6 22.gxf6 gxf6 23.Rh6 Ng5 24.Rgh1 Rxh6 25.Rxh6 Rf8 26.Ne2 Kd8 27.Ng3 Be8 28.Bh5 Nh3+ 29.Kf3 Nf4 30.Bxe8 Kxe8 31.Nh5 Nxh5 32.Rxh5 Ke7


33.Rh7+ Kd8 34.c3 Rg8 35.Rh6 Ke7 36.Rh7+ Kd8 37.Rf7 Rg1 38.Rxf6 Ke7 39.Rh6 Rb1 40.Rh2 Kf6 41.Ke3 d5 42.Rh6+ Kg5 43.Rg6+ Kh5 44.Rxc6 dxe4 45.Kxe4 Re1+ 46.Kd5 Kg5 47.f6 Kg6


48.Rb6 Re3 49.d4 e4 50.Ke5 Re1 51.Rb7 e3 52.Rg7+ Kh6 53.Rg3 Re2 54.Rf3, Black resigns.