Friday, March 8, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/7/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

MiracleChop (Chess.com 1790) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 3/7/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.d5 Nb8 7.Bd3 fxe4 8.Nxe4 Nf6 9.c4 O-O 10.Qc2 h6 11.h3 a5 12.Be3 Na6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bg6 b6 15.g4 Nb4 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Qg6 Qe7


18.g5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Qf7 21.Qxf7 Rxf7 22.a3 Kxh7 23.axb4 Bf5 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.b4 a4 26.Ke2 Bc2 27.c5 Bb3 28.Ra3 Bxd5 29.Rha1 Raf8 30.Be3 Bb3


31.cxd6 cxd6 32.b5 Bc4+ 33.Kd2 Bxb5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2135) - unprasad72 (lichess 2187), lichess 3/7/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 dxe4 7.fxe5 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qg4+ Kc6 12.Qxg7 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Na6 14.Be3 Rxe3 15.Kxe3 Qe7+ 16.Kf3 Re8 17.Qh6+ f6 18.Nc3 Nc5


19.Rhe1 Qxe1 20.Rxe1 Rxe1 21.Qxf6+ Re6 22.Qd4 Rd6 23.Qxc5+ Kxc5 24.Ne4+ Kd5 25.Nxd6 cxd6 26.g4 Ke5 27.h4 b5 28.c3 a5 29.b3 d5 30.Ke3 h6


31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 a4 33.g6 axb3 34.axb3 Kf6 35.Kd4 b4 36.cxb4 Kxf6 37.Kxd5 Kf7 38.Kd6 Ke8 39.Kc7, Black resigns.