Wednesday, April 17, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Aliaksandor (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 1931), Chess.com 4/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Ng3 e4 9.Ne5 Nf6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4 16.Rxf8+ Rxf8 17.Bf3 Qg6 18.Qe2 Bf5 19.c3 Re8


20.Qf2 Be4 21.Bxe4 Qxe4 22.Rf1 Qe3 23.h3 Qxf2+ 24.Rxf2 Re1+ 25.Kh2 a6 26.g4 h6 27.h4 Re4 28.Kg3 Re3+ 29.Kf4 Re4+ 30.Kf5 Kf7 31.h5 Re6 32.g5 hxg5 33.Kxg5+ Ke7 34.Rf5 b5


35.Re5 Rxe5+ 36.dxe5 c5 37.Kf5 a5 38.b3 b4 39.cxb4 axb4 40.Kg5 c4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2109) - maaiatitte (lichess 2160), lichess 4/16/2024

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 e5 4.c3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.a4 d5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Qd6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.d4 Nd7 16.Nd2 Bg7 17.Qf3 c6 18.Bd3 Rae8 19.Rae1 f5


20.Nc4 Qc7 21.d5 cxd5 22.Qxd5+ Kh8 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Nd6 Qb6+ 25.Kh1 Re5 26.Nf7+ Kg8 27.Nh6+ Kh8 28.Qg8#.