Tuesday, December 30, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/29/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2016) - Harsha2017 (Chess.com 2016), Chess.com 12/29/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.g4 Bg6


15.Nd4 Qh4 16.Nxc6 Qg3+ 17.Kh1 Qxh3+ 18.Kg1 bxc6 19.Bf3 d5 20.Bg2 Qxd3 21.exd5 cxd5 22.Rf3 Re3


23.Bf1 Qc2 24.Qxc2 Bxc2 25.Rxe3 Bc5 26.Rae1 d4 27.Re8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Kh7 29.cxd4 Bxd4+ 30.Kg2 Bxb2 31.Nf3 Ba4 32.Re7 f6 33.Bd3+ Kg8 34.Rxc7 a5


35.Nh4 Be5 36.Rc8+ Kf7 37.Bc4+ Ke7 38.Ng6+ Kd7 39.Rg8 Bc6+ 40.Kh3 Bd4 41.Rxg7+ Kd6 42.Rh7 Be4 43.Rxh6 Be3 44.Nf4 Bxf4 45.Rxf6+ Ke5 46.Re6+ Kd4 47.Bb3 Bb1 48.Ra6 Bc7 49.g5 Bd3 50.Rc6 Be5


51.Kg4 Be2+ 52.Kf5 Bd3+ 53.Ke6 Bf4 54.Kf6 Be5+ 55.Kf7 Bb5 56.Rb6 Kc5 57.Rxb5+ Kxb5 58.g6 a4 59.Be6 Kb4 60.g7 Bxg7 61.Kxg7 a3


62.Kf6 Ka4 63.Bb3+ Kb4 64.Ke5 Kc3 65.Kd5 Kb4 66.Kd4 Kb5 67.Kc3 Ka5 68.Bf7 Ka4 69.Be8+ Ka5 70.Kb3 Kb6 71.Kxa3 Ka6


72.Kb4 Kb6 73.a4 Ka6 74.a5 Ka7 75.Kb5 Kb7 76.a6+ Ka7 77.Bc6 Kb8 78.Kb6 Kc8 79.a7 Kd8 80.a8=Q+ Ke7 81.Kc5 Ke6 82.Qe8+ Kf5 83.Qe7 Kf4 84.Qe6 Kg3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

taa_6666 (lichess 2134) - JimWest (lichess 2004), lichess 12/29/2025

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 Rf8 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nh4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.h4 Na5 16.Bd3 Kf7 17.h5 gxh5 18.Rxh5 Rh8


19.Rdh1 Rxh5 20.Rxh5 Rg8 21.Ne3 Bc5 22.Be4 Bxe3+ 23.fxe3 Rg7 24.b4 Nc6 25.b5 Na5 26.Bd5+ Ke7 27.Rh4 Kd6 28.c4 c6 29.bxc6 bxc6 30.Bf3 Kc5


31.Kc2 Nxc4 32.Kc3 Nxe3 33.Rh6, White resigns.