Saturday, August 31, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Sashok81 (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 2023), Chess.com 8/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.a4 O-O 11.Be2 f4 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Nd7 15.b4 Be7 16.b5 Nf6 17.Rfd1 g5 18.d4 h5 19.bxc6 bxc6


20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Rdb1 Bc5 22.Rd1 g4 23.Be2 g3 24.Bf3 Bxf2+ 25.Kf1 Bd4 26.Rxd4 exd4 27.Ne2 d3 28.Nxf4 Nxe4 29.Nxd3 Nd2+ 30.Ke2 Nxf3 31.gxf3 Rae8+ 32.Kd2 Rxf3


33.h4 Rd8 34.c5 Rdxd3+ 35.Ke2 Rfe3+ 36.Kf1 bxc5 37.a5 Ra3 38.Rd1 Rxa5 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.Rd7+ Re7 41.Rd3 Ra4 44.Kg2 Rxh4 45.Rf3+ Ke8 46.Rxg3 Rg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - Cause_Complications (lichess 2095), lichess 8/30/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.d4 Bb6 9.Nf3 c5 10.h3 Nh6 11.Bd3 Nf5 12.Bxf5 Bxf5 13.O-O cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.Kh1 f6 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Bg5 Qe6 18.Nc3 Be4 19.Re1 Qg6


20.Be3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qg3 22.Qe2 Qxh3+ 23.Qh2 Qxf3+ 24.Qg2 Qxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Bxd4 26.Bxd4 Nxd4 27.Nxd5 Nc2 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Rh1 Rf6 30.Rac1 Ne3+ 31.Kg3 Nf5+ 32.Nxf5 Rxf5 33.Rc7 Rb8 34.Re1 Rff8 35.Ree7 Rg8


36.a4 h6 37.a5 a6 38.b4 Kh7 39.Rxb7 Rxb7 40.Rxb7 Ra8 41.Kg4 Kg6 42.Rb6+ Kf7 43.Kf5 Ra7 44.b5 axb5 45.a6 Kg8 46.Kg6 Ra8 47.a7 Kf8, Black resigns.