Sunday, February 4, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1968) - alexGiGio (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 2/3/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.c3 Ne8 9.a4 Kh8 10.Na3 a6 11.Nc4 f5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bxf6+ Qxf6 15.exf5 gxf5 16.d4 e4 17.Nfe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Nd6 19.g3 Rg8


20.Kh1 Qg5 21.Bc4 Rg7 22.Rf4 Qh6 23.Qe1 Nxc4 24.Nxc4 Be6 25.Ne3 Rag8 26.Nxf5 Bxf5 27.Rxf5 Rxg3 28.Qxe4 Re3 29.Qf4 Qh3 30.Qf2 Reg3 31.Rf8 Qg2+ 32.Qxg2 Rxg2 33.Rxg8+ Rxg8 34.Re1 Rf8 35.Re7 Rf2 36.b4 c6


37.Rxb7 Rc2 38.Rb6 Rxc3 39.Rxa6 Rc4 40.b5 cxb5 41.axb5 Rxd4 42.b6 Rb4 43.Ra7 Rxb6 44.Kg2 Rf6 45.Kg3 Kg8 46.h4 Rf7 47.Rxf7 Kxf7 48.Kg4 Kg6


49.h5+ Kf6 50.Kf4 h6 51.Kg4 Kg7 52.Kf5 Kf7 53.Ke5 Ke7 54.Kf5 Kf7 55.Ke5 Ke7 56.Kf5 Kf7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

kindkingsam (lichess 2202) - JimWest (lichess 2171), lichess 2/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.f4 c5 11.cxd4 cxd4 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Nxh7 Qa5+ 14.Kf1 Rxh7 15.Bxh7 g6 16.Qxd4 e2+ 17.Kxe2 Bg4+ 18.Kf2 Nbc6 19.Qd6 Bf5


20.Qf6 O-O-O 21.Be3 Qa4 22.g4 Qc2+ 23.Kg3 Qe2 24.gxf5 Nxf5+ 25.Qxf5+ gxf5 26.Bxf5+ Kb8 27.Rae1 Rg8+ 28.Kh4 Qg2, White resigns.