Saturday, July 12, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/11/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2003) - vufabwrufghjiwaej (Chess.com 1825), Chess.com 7/11/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.d4 Re8 9.Bd3 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.O-O Qb6 12.Qb3 cxd4 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.cxd4 Ra4


15.Nc3 Nxd4 16.Nxa4 Nxf3+ 17.Rxf3 b5 18.Nc3 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Nxe5 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.Bxb5 Bg4 22.Rff1 h5 23.h3 Be6 24.Rae1 Rg5 25.Bd3 b6 26.a3 Be7 27.Ne2 Bd7 28.b4 Bd6 29.Nd4 Be5 30.Nf3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

TacticTwists (lichess 1984) - JimWest (lichess 2056), lichess 7/11/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.Be2 Bf8 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.O-O O-O 15.f4 Be6 16.Rae1 Nd7 17.Nd1 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Qe7


19.Qg3 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2 b5 24.c3 a5 25.a3 a4 26.Ne3 Bh6 27.g4 Bxe3+ 28.Kxe3 g5 29.h3 Kg7 30.Kd2 h5 31.Kc2 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kf7


33.b3 axb3+ 34.Kxb3 Ke7 35.Kb4 Kd7 36.Kc5 Kc7 37.Bd1 Bc8 38.Kb4 Kb6 39.a4 bxa4 40.Kxa4 Ba6 41.e6 Kc7 42.Ka5 Bb5, White resigns.