Monday, September 29, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/28/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

miskoo8 (Chess.com 1833) - JimWest (Chess.com 1986), Chess.com 9/28/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Nb3 Nb6 10.Be2 g5 11.h3 h5 12.Nh2 Qg6 13.Bf3 Nf6 14.Qe2 g4


15.hxg4 hxg4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.f3 Be6 18.Bd2 Qg3+ 19.Qf2 Rxh2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2095) - tofik56 (lichess 2017), lichess 9/28/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Bd7 8.O-O Nc6 9.c3 Ng4 10.h3 Nge5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bg5 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Ne7 16.Rae1 c6 17.Nc4 d5 18.Ne5 Be6 19.exd5 cxd5


20.Bg4 Rfe8 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Rf7 b6 23.Ref1 Nf5 24.Rc7 Re7 25.Rxe7 Nxe7 26.g4 Re8 27.a4 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Kf2 Nc8 30.Ke3 Ke7 31.Kd3 Kd6 32.b3 Ne7 33.c4 dxc4+ 34.bxc4 Nc6 35.Nxc6 Kxc6


36.Ke4 Kd6 37.g5 g6 38.h4 a6 39.Kf4 Kd7 40.Ke5 Ke7 41.c5 bxc5 42.dxc5 Kd7 43.a5 Kc6 44.Kxe6 Kxc5 45.Kf7 Kb5 46.Kg7 Kxa5 47.Kxh7 Kb4 48.Kxg6 a5


49.h5 a4 50.h6 a3 51.h7 a2 52.h8=Q Kb3 53.Qa1, Black resigns.