Monday, May 6, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

vukson90 (Chess.com 1767) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 5/5/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Qxf8 15.d5+ Nce5 16.O-O-O Qd6 17.f4 exf3 18.gxf3 Qc5


19.Bg2 Qxc3 20.bxc3 Nc4 21.Rde1 Nf6 22.Bf1 Nd6 23.c4 b6 24.Re7 Bd7 25.Bd3 Re8 26.Rhe1 Rxe7 27.Rxe7 h6 28.Kd2 Kg8 29.Kc3 Kf8 30.Re2 Kf7 31.Rg2 Bf5 32.Kd4 Bxd3 33.cxd3 Nf5+ 34.Ke5 Nd6


35.Rg3 Nd7+ 36.Kf4 Nc5 37.d4 Nd3+ 38.Ke3 Nb4 39.c5 Nf5+ 40.Ke4 Nxg3+ 41.hxg3 Nxa2 42.d6 cxd6 43.c6 Nc3+ 44.Kf5 Nd5 45.Ke4 Nc7 46.d5 a5 47.g4 a4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2144) - AzerSeferov (lichess 1997), lichess 5/5/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Qxb5 10.Nxb5 Bxg4 11.Nc7+ Kd7 12.Nxa8 Nc6 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Ne2 cxd4 16.Bf4 Bc5 17.e6+ fxe6 18.Nc7 e5


19.Nd5 exf4 20.Ndxf4 Ne5 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.O-O-O Nc6 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.c3 Rc8 25.Rxd4+, Black resigns.