Saturday, March 30, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

NickB2014 (Chess.com 1961) - JimWest (Chess.com 1914), Chess.com 3/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Nc3 c6 12.Be2 Re8 13.g4 Rxe6 14.g5 e3 15.fxe3 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.Bd3 Re8 18.Rg1 Qe7 19.Rg3 Na6


20.O-O-O Nb4 21.Bb1 dxc4 22.a3 Nd3+ 23.Bxd3 cxd3 24.Qxd3 Rad8 25.Rh3 g6 26.Rg3 Rd5 27.h4 Qe4 28.Qxe4 Rxe4 29.Rh1 c5 30.dxc5 Rxc5+ 31.Kd2 Rd5+ 32.Kc3 a5


33.b3 b5 34.Kc2 a4 35.b4 Rc4+ 36.Kb1 Rd3 37.Rc1 Rb3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - khongbietchoicoVN (lichess 2093), lichess 3/29/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd2 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bb5 Nb6 10.O-O f6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bg3 Nc4 13.Qc1 fxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxf1+ 15.Qxf1 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 c5 17.c3 cxd4 18.cxd4 c5


19.Nc3 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Rb8 21.b3 a6 22.Qf3 Bb7 23.Rf1 Qf8 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5+, Black resigns.