Sunday, October 26, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/25/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1999) - Jdmirandachess (Chess.com 1976), Chess.com 10/25/2025

1.e3 e5 e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nc6 9.Nf3 h6 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.d4 Bb6 12.Nc4 O-O-O 13.Nxb6+ axb6 14.O-O Rde8 15.Rfe1 Nxe4 16.Qd3 f5 17.d5 Ne7 18.c4 g5 19.Bc1 Ng6


20.Nd4 Nc5 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qf5 Qxf5 23.Nxf5 Re1+ 24.Kf2 Nd3+ 25.Kf3 Nge5+ 26.Kg3 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Nxc1 28.Nxh6 Nxc4 29.Nf7 Nxa2 30.Nxg5 Nxb2 31.h4 Nd3 32.h5 Ne5 33.h6 b5 34.h7 Ng6


35.Nf3 Nc3 36.Nd4 Ne4+ 37.Kg4 b4 38.Kf5 Nh8 39.Kxe4 Kd7 40.g4 Ke7 41.g5 Kf7 42.Kf5 b3 43.Nxb3 Kg7 44.Nd4 Kxh7 45.Nb5 Nf7 46.g6+ Kg7 47.gxf7 Kxf7 48.Nxc7 Ke7 49.Nb5 Kd7


50.Kf6 b6 51.Kf7 Kc8 52.Ke7 Kb7 53.Kxd6 Ka6 54.Kc6 Ka5 55.d6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

bianca-slave (lichess 1982) - JimWest (lichess 2040), lichess 10/25/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 c6 12.Be2 Qe8 13.O-O Nbd7


14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Ne4 16.Qe3 Nxg5 17.Qxe8 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 Rxe8 19.Rae1 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Nf6 21.c3 Bd7 22.Re3 Re8 23.Rd3 Bg4


24.Kf2 Bxf3 25.gxf3 a5 26.a4 b5 27.b3 bxa4 28.bxa4 Rb8 29.Ke3 Rb1, White resigns.