Wednesday, July 2, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/1/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1978) - JohnVII (Chess.com 1968), Chess.com 7/1/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.f5 Nc6 8.Bg5 dxe4 9.dxe4 Nd4 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 Nc6 13.Bb5 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.O-O Ba6 17.Re1 Rfd8 18.Qa4 Bb5 19.Qa3 Rd2


20.Rad1 Rd6 21.Rxd6 cxd6 22.b3 c5 23.c4 Bc6 24.Qc1 Qh4 25.Qe3 a5 26.a4 Rb8 27.Nf2 h6 28.Rd1 Qe7 29.Rd3 Kh7 30.Qd2 Qh4 31.g3 Qe7 32.Qxa5 g6 33.f6 Qxf6


34.Qc7 Bxe4 35.Nxe4 Qf5 36.Qxb8 Qxe4 37.Qxd6 Qe1+ 38.Kg2 e4 39.Rd1 Qe2+ 40.Kg1 Qe3+ 41.Kf1 Qf3+ 42.Kg1 Qe3+ 43.Kg2 Qf3+ 44.Kg1 Qe3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MoonlightRider (lichess 2155) - JimWest (lichess 2033), lichess 7/1/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.c4 c6 8.Nxe4 Be7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Ng3 Bxe6 12.O-O Nf6 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Nxd5 Bc5 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.fxe3 Rad8 19.Qb3+ Be6


20.Bc4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4+ Kh8 22.Rf1 Qxb2 23.Rab1 Rxf1+ 24.Qxf1 Qe5 25.Rxb7 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 Qe6 27.a4 h6 28.h3 Re8 29.Nh5 Qe1 30.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kh2 Re7 32.Rxe7 Nxe7


33.Kg3 a5 34.Kf4 Nd5+ 35.Kf5 Kh7 36.Nf4 Nc3 37.Nd3 Nxa4 38.Ke5 Nc3 39.Kd4 Ne2+ 40.Kc4 g5 41.Kb5 Nf4 42.Nxf4 gxf4 43.Kxa5 Kg6


44.Kb4 Kh5 45.Kc4 Kh4 46.Kd4 Kg3 47.Ke4 h5 48.h4 Kg4 49.Ke5 Kxh4 50.Kxf4, stalemate.