Monday, March 11, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/10/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

AfraidField (Chess.com 1820) - JimWest (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 3/10/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.c3 d5 6.Be2 Bd6 7.d4 e4 8.Ne5 Nf6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Na3 c6 11.Nc2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.O-O Rae8 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Bxg4 Qc7 17.h3 Bf4


18.Bh4 e3 19.fxe3 Bxe3+ 20.Kh1 Rxf1+ 21.Qxf1 Qf4 22.Re1 Qxf1+ 23.Rxf1 h5 24.Bd7 Re4 25.g3 Bd2 26.Bc8 Re2 27.g4 Be4+ 28.Kg1 Rg2+ 29.Kh1 Rxg4+ 30.Kh2 Rxh4 31.Bxb7 Bf4+ 32.Kg1 Be3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2144) - minuspawn (lichess 1985), lichess 3/10/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.c3 Re8 8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.Be2 Bb6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.O-O-O a5 14.h3 Bh5 15.Kb1 a4 16.a3 Bg6 17.Ka1 c6 18.Nc4 Bc7


19.Rhf1 b5 20.Ne3 c5 21.g4 Nd7 22.Nd5 Ba5 23.Nf4 Bh7 24.h4 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.h5 b4 27.Nd5 bxa3 28.bxa3 Bc7 29.Bf3 Kh8


30.d4 Re8 31.dxc5 Qb8 32.Nxc7 Qxc7 33.cxd6 Qd7 34.Qd2 Rab8 35.Rb1 Bxe4 36.Rxb8 Rxb8 37.Bxe4 Rb3 38.Bb1 Rxa3+ 39.Ba2 f6 40.Qd5 Rxa2+ 41.Kxa2 Qxg4 42.Rb1 Qe2+ 43.Rb2 Qe8 44.d7 Qd8 45.Rb8, Black forfeits.