Wednesday, March 27, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1918) - KingBamzz (Chess.com 1762), Chess.com 3/26/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 g6 3.d3 Bg7 4.f4 e5 5.c3 a6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd7 9.O-O exf4 10.Bxf4 Ne5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Nf6 13.Bg5 Qe7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qxf6 Qxf6 16.Rxf6 O-O 17.Nd2 Kg7 18.Raf1 Rae8


19.g4 h6 20.h4 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.R6f5 f6 23.R1f2 Kg6 24.e5 dxe5 25.dxe5 Re6 26.Rxf6+ Rfxf6 27.Rxf6+ Rxf6 28.exf6 Kxf6 29.Ne4+ Kg6 30.Nc5 b6 31.Nxa6 c6 32.Mb8 c5 33.Nd7 Kf7 34.Nxb6 Ke6


35.c4 Ke5 36.b3 Kf4 37.Nd7 Kxg4 38.Nxc5 Kf5 39.Kg2 Ke5 40.Kg3 Kd6 41.Ne4+ Kc6 42.Nxg5 Kc5 43.Ne4+ Kb6 44.Kf4 Kc6 45.Ke5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ro56 (lichess 2046) - JimWest (lichess 2111), lichess 3/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O c6 10.Bf4 h6 11.Nf7 Qe7 12.Na4 Bxe6 13.Ne5 Bf7 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.c4 Nbd7 16.b4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rc1 Rff8


20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Qe6 22.Qb3 Rab8 23.Qa4 a6 24.Rb1 Rfc8 25.Qd4 Rc6 26.Rfc1 Kh8 27.Rc3 Qe7 28.h3 Rbc8 29.Rbc1 Qe6 30.a4 R8c7 31.a5 h5 32.Kh2 g6 33.Rg3 Kh7 34.Rg5 Qe7 35.Re5 Qf8


36.f3 Rxc5 37.Rf1 Rc2 38.Bd1 R2c4 39.Qb6 R4c6 40.Qd4 Qd6 41.fxe4 Nxe4 42.Qxd5 Qxd5 43.Rxd5 Nc3 44.Re5 Nxd1 45.Rxd1 Rc5 46.Rdd5 Rxd5 47.Rxd5 Kh6 48.h4 Rc4 49.g3 Rb4 50.Rd7 Rb5 51.Kh3 Rxa5 52.Rxb7 Ra4


53.Kg2 Ra3 54.Kh2 a5 55.Kg2 a4 56.Ra7 Ra2+ 57.Kh3 a3 58.g4 hxg4+ 59.Kxg4 Ra1 60.Kh3 a2 61.Kg2 Kh5 62.Ra4 Rb1 63.Rxa2 Kxh4 64.Ra4+ Kh5 65.Re4 g5 66.Ra4 g4 67.Ra8 Rb2+ 68.Kg3 Rb3+ 69.Kg2 Rb5 70.Kg3 Rb3+ 71.Kg2 Kg5


72.Rg8+ Kf4 73.Rf8+ Ke5 74.Re8+ Kf6 75.Rg8 Rb4 76.Kg3 Kf5 77.Rf8+ Kg5 78.Rg8+ Kh5 79.Rh8+ Kg6 80.Rg8+ Kf7 81.Rxg4 Rxg4+ 82.Kxg4, draw.