Saturday, April 6, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

kyoroogi (Chess.com 1770) - JimWest (Chess.com 1891), Chess.com 4/5/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6


10.Qc5 Nxb4 11.Qxb4 Qc1+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.f3 exf3+ 14.gxf3 O-O-O 15.fxg4 Qd1+ 16.Kf2 Nh6 17.Bg2 Rhf8+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2085) - kojiyev72 (lichess 2130), lichess 4/5/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.d4 Bb6 8.Nf3 h5 9.c3 Bf5 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Be2 f6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Bg5 Qf7 14.O-O O-O 15.h3 Ngf6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Rxf5 Qe6 18.Rf2 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4


20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.axb3 g6 23.Kh1 Nd3 24.Bxd3 exd3 25.Rd1 Rf2 26.Rxd3 Rxb2 27.c4 c6 28.Bf4 Kf7 29.Kh2 a5 30.Be5 Bd8 31.d5 Re2 32.dxc6 Rxe5 33.Rxd8 bxc6 34.Rc8 Rc5


35.h4 a4 36.bxa4 Rxc4 37.g3 Rxa4 38.Rxc6 Ra2+ 39.Kh3 Ra3 40.Rb6 Re3 41.Rc6 Re6 42.Rxe6 Kxe6 43.g4 Ke5 44.gxh5 gxh5 45.Kg3 Kf5 46.Kf3 Kg6 47.Kf4 Kf6 48.Ke4 Ke6 49.Kf4 Kf6 50.Ke4 Ke6 51.Kf4 Kf6, draw.