Monday, August 12, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

asdejx (Chess.com 1877) - JimWest (Chess.com 1956), Chess.com 8/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nbd2 Nf6 8.O-O f4 9.Re1 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 b5 12.Bb3 Nbd7 13.c3 Nc5 14.Bc2 O-O 15.b4 Ne6 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 Kh8 18.e5 Nd5 19.Qd2 Rae8


20.Rac1 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Qxb4 22.Qd3 Nf6 23.Nxc6 Qd6 24.Qxb5 Nxd4 25.Nxd4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qxd4 27.a4 Qc3 28.Qe2 f3 29.gxf3 h6 30.Be4 Re8


31.Kh1 Nxe4 32.fxe4 Qxh3+ 33.Kg1 Re6 34.f3 Rg6+ 35.Kf2 Rg2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2168) - alirik (lichess 2049), lichess 8/11/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 dxe4 6.exf6 gxf6 7.dxe4 Qxd8+ 8.Kxd8 Bg4+ 9.Be2 Bxe2+ 10.Nxe2 O-O-O+ 11.Ke1 Bb4+ 12.c3 Bc5 13.b4 Bb6 14.a4 a6 15.a5 Ba7 16.Rf1 Ne5 17.Nf4 Rd7 18.Nd2 Rhd8 19.Nd5 c6


20.Nb6+ Bxb6 21.axb6 Nd3+ 22.Kd1 Nxc1 23.Kxc1 Rxd2 24.Rxf6 Rxg2 25.Ra5 Rxh2 26.Rxf7 Rh1+ 27.Kb2 Rh2+ 28.Kb3 Rd7 29.Rf8+ Rd8 30.Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.Rg5 h5 32.Rg8+ Kd7 33.Rg7+ Kc8 34.Rh7 h4


35.Kc4 h3 36.Kc5 Rd2 37.Rxh3 Rd8 38.Rh7 Kb8 39.Re7 Kc8 40.c4 Kb8 41.b5 axb5 42.cxb5 cxb5 43.Kxb5 Kc8 44.Kc5 Kb8 45.e5 Kc8 46.e6 Kb8 47.Rd7 Kc8 48.Rxd8+ Kxd8


49.Kd6 Ke8 50.Kc7 Ke7 51.Kxb7 Kxe6 52.Kc7 Kd5 53.b7 Kc5 54.b8=Q Kc4 55.Qb6 Kd5 56.Qf6 Ke4 57.Kd6 Kd3 58.Qf4 Kc3 59.Kd5 Kd3 60.Qf3+ Kc2 61.Kd4 Kd2 62.Qf2+ Kc1 63.Kc3 Kb1 64.Qb2#.