Thursday, November 20, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kolodej99 (Chess.com 1936) - JimWest (Chess.com 2075), Chess.com 11/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Bc2 Bd6 7.h3 Nf6 8.Qe2 O-O 9.d3 c6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.O-O Qe8 12.Nbd2 Qg6 13.Kh1 Re8 14.Bh4 Nf8 15.Bg3 Qh5 16.Ng1 Qxe2 17.Nxe2 Bd7 18.Rae1 Ng6 19.Ng1 Rad8


20.d4 Nh5 21.Bxg6 Nxg3+ 22.fxg3 hxg6 23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.g4 Bg3 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Ndf3 Bd6 27.Rd1 Bc5 28.c4 Bxg1 29.Nxg1 Be6 30.c5 Bf7 31.Kh2 Re4


32.Rc1 d4 33.Rd1 Bxa2 34.Ra1 Bd5 35.Rxa7 Re7 36.Ra1 Re3 37.Rd1 d3 38.Rd2 g5 39.h4 gxh4 40.g5 Kh7 41.b4 Kg6 42.b5 cxb5 43.Rb2 Bc6 44.Rb4 Rg3 45.Nf3 Bxf3 46.gxf3 Rxf3 47.Rxb5 d2 48.Rb6+ Kxg5 49.Rd6 Rc3 50.Rxd2 Rxc5


51.Rg2+ Kh6 52.Kh3 g5 53.Rb2 b5 54.Kg4 Rc4+ 55.Kf5 Rf4+ 56.Ke5 b4 57.Ra2 h3 58.Ra6+ Kh5 59.Ra8 Kg4 60.Rh8 b3 61.Rb8 h2 62.Rh8 b2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 1997) - JhunO19 (lichess 2115), lichess 11/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 Ng4 8.d4 e3 9.O-O Qh4 10.h3 Nf2 11.Qe1 Qe4 12.Nbc3 Qxc2 13.Bxe3 Nd3 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Bxd2 Nxb2 16.Nd5 Na6 17.Rab1 Nc4 18.Bf4 c6 19.Ndc3 b5


20.d5 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 b4 22.Ne4 cxd5 23.Nxc5 Nxc5 24.Rxb4 Nd3 25.Rb7 Ncxe5 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.Nf4 O-O 28.Nxd5 a5 29.a4 f6 30.g4 Rf7 31.Rfb1 Rd8


32.Ne7+ Kf8 33.Nf5 Rxb7 34.Rxb7 Rd7 35.Rb8+ Kf7 36.Rb5 g6 37.Ne3 Rd3 38.Nd5 Nc4 39.Rb7+ Kf1 40.Nxf6 Rxh3+ 41.Kg2 Ra3 42.Nxh7+ Kg8 43.Nf6+ Kh8 44.Rh7#.