Saturday, March 9, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/8/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest Chess.com 1891) - Malikleo (Chess.com 1825), Chess.com 3/8/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.d4 Bb6 9.Nf3 h6 10.h3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Re8 12.Be2 f6 13.Bh2 Qe7 14.Na3 Qe3 15.Nc2 Qe7 16.Qd2 Bf5


17.Kd1 Bxc2+ 18.Qxc2 Nd7 19.Re1 Nf8 20.Bd3 Ne6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kunwar_Shivaji (lichess 2005) -JimWest (lichess 2142), lichess 3/8/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.Bh4 Bxe6 11.Nxh8 Nc6 12.Be2 Nf6 13.O-O O-O-O 14.a3 Rxh8 15.b4 Bb6 16.Nd2 g5 17.Bg3 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Bh2 g4


20.Nc4 gxh3 21.Nxb6+ axb6 22.g3 Rd8 23.Qe1 d3 24.cxd3 exd3 25.Bd1 Bd5 26.f3 Re8 27.Qf2 Rg8 28.g4 Nxg4 29.fxg4 Rxg4+ 30.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 31.Bg3 Qxg3+ 32.Qxg3 hxg3


33.Rf8+ Kd7 34.Rh8 h2+ 35.Rxh2 gxh2+ 36.Kxh2 b5 37.Kg3 Bc4 38.Kf4 Nd4 39.Rh1 Nc2 40.a4 bxa4 41.Ke5 b5 42.Rh7+ Kc6 43.Rh6+ Kb7 44.Ke4 Nxb4


 45.Kd4 d2 46.Rh1 Bb3 47.Kc3 d1=Q 48.Rxd1 Bxd1 49.Kxb4 Kb6, White resigns.