Friday, February 16, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/15/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

dragansplit (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1932), Chess.com 2/15/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.f4 exf3 9.Qxf3 Qxe6+ 10.Be2 Qxf7 11.Nc3 Qxf3 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Bf4 Nf6 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Na4 Nfd7 16.Nxc5 Rxf4 17.Ne6 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Na6 19.Rhg1 g6


20.f4 Nf6 21.f5 Bxe6 22.fxe6 Re8 23.Rge1 Nc5 22.c4 Rxe6 23.cxd5 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Nd3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2163) - panditpramodkumar123 (lichess 2054), lichess 2/15/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 Nc6 7.f5 Bd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.g3 Ne7 11.Nd2 d5 12.Bg2 O-O-O 13.Qc2 Bc6 14.O-O-O g6 15.g4 Qg5 16.h3 d4 17.c4 f6 18.Kb1 h5 19.Nf3 Qh6


20.Qd2 hxg4 21.Qxh6 Rxh6 22.hxg4 gxf5 23.gxf5 Rg8 24.Rd2 a5 25.Rh1 Rgh8 26.Rxh6 Rxh6 27.Rd1 b5 28.b3 bxc4 29.bxc4 Ba4 30.Rh1 Rxh1+ 31.Bxh1 Be8 32.Nd2 a4 33.a3 Bh5 34.Bf3 Be8


35.Nf1 Nc6 36.Kb2 Na5 37.Bd1 Nb7 38.Nh2 Nc5 39.Kc2 Kd8 40.Ng4 Ke7 41.Kd2 Bh5 42.Nf2 Be8 43.Ng4 Nb3+ 44.Bxb3 axb3 45.Kc1 Ba4 46.Kb2 Kf7 47.Nh2 Kf8 48.Nf3 Kg7 49.Nd2 Kh6 50.Nxb3 Kg5

51.Nc5 Bc6 52.Ne6+ Kg4 53.Nxc7 Kf3 54.Kc2 Ke3 55.Nb5 Bxe4 56.dxe4 Kxe4 57.a4 Ke3 58.Kd1 Kd3 59.c5 Kc4 60.c6 e4 61.c7 e3 62.c8=Q+ Kd3 63.Qc2#.