Friday, April 5, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/4/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1878) - Turgali (Chess.com 1790), Chess.com 4/4/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Nc6 8.c3 e5 9.a4 Qe7 10.Na3 Nd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nce5 14.d4 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Nb6 16.a5 Nd7 17.Rae1 Qh4 18.Nb5 Rfc8


19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.Qxf7+ Kh8 21.Qxd7 Rf8 22.Nxd6 h5 23.e5 Rf4 24.Rxf4 Qxe1+ 25.Rf1 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Rf8 27.Rxf8+ Bxf8 28.Qf7 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Bh6


30.Qf2 Bf4+ 31.g3 Be3 32.Qg2 h4 33.Ne4 hxg3+ 34.Nxg3 Bf4 35.h4 Kg7 36.Qxb7+, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tupalupa (lichess 2059) - JimWest (lichess 2081), lichess 4/4/2024

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.c3 c6 7.Qb3 a5 8.a4 Na6 9.Ng5 d5 10.e4 h6 11.Nh3 Nc5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.b4 axb4 14.cxb4 Na6 15.b5 Nb4 16.Qb3 Kh8 17.Ba3 dxe4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Qxb4 exd3


20.O-O e4 21.Nf4 Kh7 22.h4 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Nh3 Nd5 25.Qd4 g4 26.Bxe4 gxh3 27.Bxd3 Qf6 28.Qxf6 Nxf6 29.Nf3 Kh6 30.Rfd1 cxb5 31.Bxb5 f4 32.Nh2 fxg3 33.fxg3 Bf5


34.Rd6 Rad8 35.Rad1 Rxd6 36.Rxd6 Kg7 37.Bf1 Ne4 38.Rb6 Rf7 39.g4 Bg6 40.Bxh3 Nc5 41.a5 Be4 42.Bg2 Bxg2 43.Kxg2 Na6 44.Nf3 Nc5 45.Ne5 Re7 46.Nf3 Re2+ 47.Kg3 Ra2 48.Rb5 Ne4+ 49.Kf4 Nd6 


50.Rb6 Ra4+ 51.Kg3 Ne4+ 52.Kh4 Nc5 53.Rb5 Rc4 54.Ne5 Rc1 55.Kg5 Ne4+ 56.Kf4 Nd6 57.Rb6 Rd1 58.Nf3 Rd3 59.g5 Rd1 60.a6 bxa6 61.Rxa6 Nf7 62.Ra7 Rd6 63.Ne5 Rd4+ 64.Ke3 Rd5


65.Nxf7 Kg6 66.Kf4 Rf5+ 67.Kg4 Rxf7 68.Rxf7 Kxf7 69.Kf5 Kg7 70.g6 Kg8 71.Kf6 Kf8 72.g7+ Kg8 73.Kg6, stalemate.