Saturday, October 18, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/17/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

JimWest (Chess.com 1952) - Awanzone (Chess.com 1831), Chess.com 10/17/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 g5 6.Bg3 d6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Qd2 g4 10.Nh4 h5 11.Be2 Qb6 12.O-O-O Bh6 13.Bf4 Bxf4 14.Qxf4 Nb4


15.Qxf6 Rf8 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.exf5 d5 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.a3 Nc6 20.Nxd5 Nd4 21.Rhe1 Kd7 22.Nxb6+ Kc6 23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.h3 Re8


25.Bf3+ gxf3 26.Rxe8 fxg2 27.Rg1 Kd7 28.Re4 Nxf5 29.Rxg2 b6 30.Rf2 Nd6 31.Ref4 Ke7 32.Rf6 c4 33.Rxd6 Kxd6 34.Rxf7 cxd3 35.cxd3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hoister (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2024), lichess 10/17/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.g4 h5 9.gxh5 Bxf5 10.Rg1 Kf8 11.h6 Nxh6 12.Kd1 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nf5 15.Bg4 Ne7 16.h3 Ndc6 17.c3 Rd8 18.Kc2 Bc5 19.b4 Bb6

20.Be6 Rd6 21.Bb3 Bxf2 22.Rf1 Rf6 23.Bg5 Rf3 24.b5 Nd8 25.Nd2 Rf5 26.Bxe7+ Kxe7 27.Ne4 Rhf8 28.Kd3 Bb6 29.Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Ke2 Ne6 31.Bxe6 Kxe6


32.a4 c6 33.a5 Bc7 34.a6 bxa6 35.Rxa6 Bb6 36.c4 Rf4 37.Nc5+ Bxc5 38.Rxc6+ Kd7 39.Rxc5 Rh4 40.Rxe5 Rxc4 41.Rf5 Rh4 42.Rf7+ Kc8 43.Rxg7 Rxh3 44.Rxa7 Kb8 45.Ra5 Rb3 46.Kd2 Kb7 47.Kc2 Rb4 48.Kc3 Rb1


49.Kc4 Rc1+ 50.Kd5 Kb6 51.Ra8 Kxb5 52.Rb8+ Ka4 53.Kd4 Ka3 54.Rb5 Ka2 55.Kd3 Rc8 56.Rb4 Ka3 57.Rd4 Kb3


58.Rd7 Rc3+ 59.Kd4 Rc4+ 60.Kd5 Rc1 61.Rb7+ Kc2 62.Kc4 Kd2+ 63.Kd4 Rc2 64.Rh7 Rc8 65.Rh2+ Ke1 66.Rh5 Kf2 67.Rf5+ Kg3 68.Ke5 Rc5+ 69.Kf6 Rxf5+ 70.Kxf5, draw.