Monday, April 8, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/7/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1900) - LarionovSerghei (Chess.com 1945), Chess.com 4/7/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nfd2 9.e6 fxe6 10.Qxe6+ Qe7 11.Qxe7+ Bxe7 12.Ne2 O-O 13.O-O Bc5+ 14.d4 Bb6 15.c3 Nf6 16.Nd2 Nbd7 17.Ng3 g6 18.Kh1 Rfe8


19.Rae1 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Re8 21.Rxe8+ Nxe8 22.Nf3 Bc7 23.Bxc7 Nxc7 24.Kg1 Ne6 25.Ne2 Nf6 26.Nd2 Ng5 27.Ng3 Ng4 28.Ngf1 Kf7


29.h3 Nf6 30.Ng3 Ne6 31.Ne2 Ng5 32.Ng3 Ne6 33.Ne2 Ng5 34.Ng3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

COVD2O (lichess 2147) - JimWest (lichess 2078), lichess 4/7/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Qe2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Ng5 d5 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 h6 11.Nh3 Qa5+ 12.Nc3 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Bb4 14.Bd2 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Qxa4 16.a3 Qa6 17.Qe3 Nbd7 18.Rg1 O-O-O 19.Rxg7 Rdg8


20.Rxg8+ Rxg8 21.O-O-O h5 22.Bb4 Qb6 23.Bd6 Qd8 24.Bg3 b5 25.Qf4 h4 26.Qxh4 Rh8 27.Qf4 Nh5 28.Qg4 Nxg3 29.hxg3 Rg8 30.Qe6 Qg5+ 31.Kb1 Qg6 32.Qxg6 Rxg6


33.Kc1 e3 34.g4 exf2 35.Rh1 Nf6 36.Kd2 Ne4+, White resigns.