Wednesday, April 3, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1861) - RyanPWO (Chess.com 1821), Chess.com 4/2/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.c3 Bg6 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.d4 f6 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Qxb7 Na5 15.Qb5 c6 16.Qd3 Rb8 17.b4 Nb7 18.Nh4 Bf7 19.Nf5 a5


20.a3 axb4 21.axb4 Be6 22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.Qg3 Ra8 24.Ba6 g5 25.Bxb7 gxf4 26.Qxf4 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Rg8 28.Ra8 Nf8 29.Bxc6 Bxh3 30.g3 f5 31.Bd5 Rg4 32.Qf2 f4 33.Kh1 Kg7


34.gxf4 Bg2+ 35.Qxg2 Qh4+ 36.Kg1 Qe1+ 37.Nf1 Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Qe2+ 39.Kg1 Qg4+ 40.Kh1 Qf3+ 41.Kg1 Qg4+ 42.Kh1 Qf3+ 43.Kg1 Qg4+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sabet_2014 (lichess 2009) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 4/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nd7 10.Rd1 O-O-O 11.d5 c5 12.Nd2 h5 13.a4 g5 14.b4 Qg6 15.b5 g4 16.hxg4 hxg4 17.Qd3 Qh5 18.Kf1 Qh1+ 19.Ke2 Qxg2


20.a5 f3+ 21.Ke1 Rh1+ 22.Nf1 Ngf6 23.b6 axb6 24.a6 bxa6 25.Bxa6+ Kc7 26.Bb5 Rb8 27.Ra7+ Rb7 28.Rxb7+ Kxb7 29.Bc6+ Kc7 30.Bg5 Rxf1+ 31.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Nxe4


33.Bh4 Nb8 34.Be8 Nxc3 35.Rd3 Ne2 36.Ra3 Kb7 37.Bd8 Nd4 38.Ra4, draw.