Saturday, December 6, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/5/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2043) - SS_Catalin (Chess.com 1954), Chess.com 12/5/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Ng4 7.Nh3 d4 8.Nb1 Ne3 9.Bxe3 dxe3 10.Qh5 Bd4 11.c3 g6 12.Qf3 Bxh3 13.Qxh3 Bg7 14.Qxe3 Nc6 15.Be2 Nb4 16.Na3 Nc6 17.O-O O-O


18.d4 a6 19.Nc2 Rb8 20.Bf3 b5 21.e5 Na5 22.Be2 Nc6 23.a3 Ne7 24.Bd3 Nd5 25.Qf3 Re8 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Be4 Nb6 28.Qf2 Nc4 29.Ne3 Rf8 30.Qe2 Nxe3 31.Qxe3 c5


32.Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.Rf1 Qe7 34.Bb1 cxd4 35.cxd4 Rc8 36.Bxg6 hxg6 37.Qh3+ Bh6 38.Qxc8+ Kg7 39.Qc3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Iskodar (lichess 2088) - JimWest (lichess 2003), lichess 12/5/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 a5 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Qe2 Na6 10.O-O f4 11.Rfd1 Bg4 12.Nb1 Nc7 13.Nbd2 Qe7 14.Rdb1 Ne6 15.Qe1 O-O 16.c3 Kh8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Nxf3 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Bxg5


20.f3 Bh4 21.Qd2 Bg3 22.d4 Qc7 23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4 Qb6 25.Rd1 exd4 26.a5 Qa7 27.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 28.Rxd4 Rf6 29.Rad1 c5 30.bxc5 dxc5 31.Rd8+ Rf8 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Bd5 Rd8


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