Saturday, September 6, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

robocop-2800 (Chess.com 1974) - JimWest (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 9/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nc4 Bb4 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.O-O-O Bxc3 15.bxc3 O-O 16.g3 Rad8 17.Rhe1 f5 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Ne3 Ng7


20.g4 Rf8 21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Nxf5 Rxf5 23.Rxe4 Kf7 24.Kd2 Kf6 25.Ke3 Rh5 26.Re8 Rxh2 27.Rc8 c6 28.Rc7 Rxc2 29.Rxb7 Rxc3+ 30.Kd4 Ra3 31.Rxh7 Rxa2


32.Rh6+ Kf5 33.Rxc6 Kxf4 34.Rf6+ Kg5 35.Rf1 a5 36.Kc4 Re2 37.Kb5 Re5+ 38.Ka4 Rf5 39.Rxf5+ Kxf5 40.Kxa5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2038) - Volturi (lichess 2045), lichess 9/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bb6 8.fxe5 Nxe5 9.Bf4 Bxh3 10.Bxe5 Qh4+ 11.Bg3 Bg4


12.Bxh4 Bxd1 13.Rxd1 O-O 14.Bf2 Re8 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.Be2 Rxa2 17.Rb1 Nc6 18.O-O Nd4 19.Bd1 g6 20.Nf6+ Kf8 21.Nxe8 Kxe8, Black resigns.