Sunday, March 17, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1827) - neshashkelisha (Chess.com 1769), Chess.com 3/16/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.f4 e5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne5 12.d4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 d5 14.Nd2 c6 15.Bg5 Nxe4 16.Bxd8 Nxd2 17.Qf2 Nxf1 18.Rxf1 Raxd8 19.Re1 Rfe8


20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.a4 Bh6 22.Qf6 Bc1 23.b3 Bd2 24.c4 dxc4 25.bxc4 Re4 26.d5 cxd5 27.cxd5 Be3+ 28.Kh2 Bf4+ 29.g3 Re2+ 30.Kg1 Be3+ 31.Kh1 Re1+ 32.Kg2 Rg1+ 33.Kh2 Re1


34.Qc3 Re2+ 35.Kh1 Bd2 36.Qd3 Re1+ 37.Kg2 Ba5 38.d6 Kf8 39.Qb5 Bb6 40.a5 Bd8 41.Qxb7 Bxa5 42.Qxa7 Bd8 43.Qd7 Bf6 44.Qc8+ Kg7 45.d7 Rd1 46.g4 h6 47.Qe8 Rd2+ 48.Kf3 Rd3+ 49.Ke2 Rd5 50.Ke3 g5


51.Ke4 Rd4+ 52.Ke3 Rd6 53.Kf3 Rd3+ 54.Ke2 Rd6 55.Kf3 Rd3+ 56.Ke2 Rd6 57.Kf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

axechec29 (lichess 2013) - JimWest (lichess 2101), lichess 3/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nf6 11.Ba3 Qa5 12.Bb2 h6 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Re1 Re8 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4+ Be6


17.Nxe5 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Rxe1+ 19.Qxe1 Qxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Nb4 21.a3 Nxc2 22.Rc1 Re8 23.h3 Re1+ 24.Rxe1 Nxe1 25.d4 Nd3 26.Bc3 Nd5 27.Bd2 b5 28.Nd6 b4 29.axb4 N3xb4 30.Nxf5 a5


31.Nd6 a4 32.Nb5 Kf7 33.Kf1 Ke6 34.Ke2 Kd7 35.Na3, draw.