Thursday, August 8, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/7/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Vinayakghate1950 (Chess.com 1892) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 8/7/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.a3 Bd6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Bxg4 Nf6 17.Bxc8 Rxc8 18.Bg5 Rf8 19.f3 Qc7


20.Bxf6 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Rxf6 22.fxe4 Rxf1+ 23.Qxf1 Rf8 24.Qe2 dxe4 25.Nxe4 Bf4 26.Rf1 Qg7 27.g3 Bc7 28.c3 Rf5 29.Kg2 Qf7 30.g4 Rxf1 31.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Bf4


33.Kg2 Bc1 34.a4 Bxb2 35.Kf3 h5 36.gxh5 gxh5 37.Kf4 Kf8 38.Kg5 Ke7 39.Kxh5 Ke6 40.Kg4 Kd5 41.Kf3 Kc4 42.Ke2 Bxc3 43.Nd6+ Kxd4 44.Nxb7 Kc4 45.a5 Kb5 46.Kd3 Bxa5


47.Nd6+ Kb4 48.Nc4 Bb6 49.Ne5 c5 50.Kc2 c4 51.Nd7 Bd4 52.Nb8 Kb5 53.Nd7 a5 54.Nf8 a4 55.Ne6 Be5 56.Ng5 a3 57.Kb1 Bb2 58.Nf3 Kb4 59.Ne1 Kb3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2156) - Archie54 (lichess 2036), lichess 8/7/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Bg7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 h6 9.O-O Qe7 10.h3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 a5 12.a4 b6 13.Qc2 Ba6 14.Rae1 Nh5 15.Bh2 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.d4 Qe7 19.Bxa6 Rxa6


20.Qd3 Raa8 21.e5 dxe5 22.Rxe5 Qh4 23.Nf3 Qg3 24.Qd2 Kg7 25.Re4 Rae8 26.Rg4 Qd6 27.Nh4 Kh7 28.Qf2 Qe7 29.Qf3 Qe3+ 30.Qxe3 Rxe3 31.Nxg6 fxg6 32.Rxf8 Re1+ 33.Rf1 Re7


34.d5 g5 35.Rd4 Rd7 36.c4 Ng3 37.Re1 Nf5 38.Rde4 Kg7 39.g4 Nh4 40.Re7+ Rxe7 41.Rxe7+ Kf6 42.Rxc7 Nf3+ 43.Kf2 Nd2 44.Rc6+ Ke5 45.Ke2 Nb3 46.Rxb6 Nc5 47.Rxh6 Kd4 48.d6 Kxc4 49.Rg6 Kd5 50.Rxg5+ Kxd6 51.Rxc5 Kxc5


52.g5 Kb4 53.g6 Kb3 54.g7 Kxb2 55.g8=Q Ka3 56.Qc4 Kb2 57.Qb5+ Ka3 58.Qxa5 Ka2 59.h4 Ka3 60.h5 Ka2 61.h6 Ka3 62.h7 Ka2 63.h8=Q Ka3 64.Qb5, Black resigns.