Tuesday, March 5, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/4/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

gudfuntyme (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 3/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 c6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Re1 Be7 8.Qb3 Nc5 9.Qd1 Nd3 10.Bxd3 Bxd3 11.Qb3 Qd7 12.c4 Bxb1 13.Rxb1 O-O-O 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.d4 e4 16.Ng5 d5 17.Nf7 Bb4


18.Re2 Qxf7 19.Bf4 Bd6 20.Bg5 Kb8 21.c5 Bxh2+ 22.Kxh2 Qh5+ 23.Kg1 Qxg5 24.Re3 Nh5 25.b4 a6 26.a4 Nf4 27.Rg3 Qf6 28.Qd2 Nd3 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.Rxb5 Rhf8


32.f3 Qxd4+ 33.Kh2 exf3 34.c6 Qh4+ 35.Rh3 Qf4+ 36.Qxf4+ Nxf4 37.Rxf3 Kc7 38.cxb7 Rb8 39.Rc3+ Kd6 40.Rb6+ Ke5 41.Rc7 Rf6 42.Rxf6 Kxf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2118) - chook99 (lichess 2184), lichess 3/4/2024

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.c3 c6 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 d5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Qxe5 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.e5 Nd7 15.d4 f6 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Bg5 Bf5 18.Nd2 Qd7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6


20.Nf3 Rae8 21.Bd3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Bg7 23.Rae1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Kg1 Bf6 27.Kf2 Qe6 28.b4 a6 29.a5 Kf7 30.h3 Kg7 31.g4 Qd6 32.Qe3 Kf7 33.g5 Bd8


34.Ne5+ Kg8 35.Qf4 Qe6 36.h4 Bc7 37.Qf6 Qf5+ 38.Qxf5 gxf5 39.Nd3 Bd6 40.Kf3 Kf7 41.Nc5 Bxc5 42.bxc5 Ke7 43.Kf4 Ke6 44.h5 Kf7 45.Kxf5 Ke7 46.Ke5, Black resigns.