Tuesday, July 30, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Eason_Chen (Chess.com 1776) - JimWest (Chess.com 1888), Chess.com 7/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.O-O d5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Nxe7 9.Nh4 dxc4 10.Nxf5 Nxf5 11.Qg4 O-O 12.Qxe4 c6 13.c3 Qd5 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Nd2 Rae8 16.Rae1 Nh4 17.f3 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Qg5


19.Ne4 Nxf3+ 20.Kh1 Nxe1 21.Nxg5 Nxc2 22.g4 h6 23.Ne6 Re8 24.Nxg7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2084) - RASHAD77 (lichess 1926), lichess 7/29/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O h6 9.c3 g5 10.Be3 Qd7 11.Nbd2 O-O-O 12.d4 Kb8 13.Qc2 Rdg8 14.Rae1 Bxf3 15.Nxf3 g4 16.Nd2 h5 17.Bb5 a6 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.d5 Qd7


20.Bd4 Rh6 21.Rf5 h4 22.Ref1 Rgg6 23.Nc4 c5 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.Rxf6 Rxf6 26.Rxf6 Bxf6 27.Ne3 Be5 28.Qe2 g3 29.h3 Kc7 30.Qh5 Bf4 31.Nf5 Qe8 32.Qf3 Bg5 33.Qg4 f6


34.Kf1 Qe5 35.Ke2 b5 36.Nxh4 Bxh4 37.Qxh4 b4 38.Kd3 bxc3 39.bxc3 c4+ 40.Kxc4 Qe8 41.Kd3 Qb5+ 42.c4 Qa4 43.Qxf6 Qd1+ 44.Ke3 Qe1+ 45.Kd3 Qd1+ 46.Ke3 Qe1+ 47.Kd3 Qd1+, draw.