Monday, March 18, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

knightowl05 (Chess.com 1667) - JimWest (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 3/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.g3 Nc6 12.Bg2 Nxe5 13.c5 Nd3+ 14.Ke2 Nxc1+ 15.Raxc1 Nf6 16.Rhd1+ Ke8 17.Ng5 c6 18.Kf1 h6 19.Nf3 Bg4


20.Re1 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Kf7 22.Rcd1 Rad8 23.Rb1 Rd7 24.Be2 Re8 25.Bc4+ Kf8 26.Re5 Bd8 27.Rf5 Re4 28.Bb3 g6 29.Rf3 Kg7 30.Bc2 Re5 31.Rf4 Rxc5 32.h4 Rxc3


33.Bb3 b5 34.Re1 Bc7 35.Rxf6 Kxf6 36.Re6+ Kg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2101) - SUBRAMANIAN75 (lichess 1984), lichess 3/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nc3 d6 5.Na4 Bb6 6.Nxb6 axb6 7.f4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.a3 b5 12.c3 b4 13.f5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 bxa3 15.Rxa3 Rxa3 16.bxa3 Ra8 17.a4 h6 18.g4 Nh7 19.Qc2 Qh4


20.Kg2 b5 21.axb5 Ne7 22.Qf2 Qxf2+ 23.Rxf2 Ng5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Rb2 Ra3 26.b6 cxb6 27.Rxb6 Rxc3 28.Rxd6 Nc6 29.Be2 Rc2 30.Kf1 Nd4 31.Bd1 Rxh2 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Re8 f6


34.Ba4 Rd2 35.Ra8 Rxd3 36.Be8 g6 37.Bxg6+ Kg7 38.Ra7+ Kg8 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.Ra7+ Kg8 41.Ra8+ Ko7, draw.