Saturday, August 3, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1913) - FAPOLINAR (Chess.com 1717), Chess.com 8/2/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 e5 9.c3 h5 10.a4 Qd7 11.Na3 h4 12.h3 Nh5 13.Bxh5 Rxh5 14.f5 O-O-O 15.f6 Bh6 16.Qg4 Bxc1 17.Qxd7+ Kxd7 18.Raxc1 g5 19.Rf5 Rg8


20.Nc4 Nd8 21.Ne3 c6 22.Ng4 Ne6 23.Rf3 Nf4 24.Re1 Rhh8 25.d4 Ke6 26.Kh2 Nh5 27.dxe5 dxe5 28.Rf5 Nf4 29.Rxe5+ Kd6 30.Rd1+ Kc7 31.Re7+ Kb6 32.Rdd7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

zizo2628 (lichess 2199) - JimWest (lichess 2095), lichess 8/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.Nxh8 Qxg5 11.Nf7 Qf5 12.c3 Bxe6 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Bb5 Kxf7 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.cxd4 Bb6 17.O-O Ne7 18.Nc3 Kg8 19.Rae1 Bd5


20.Qb4 Ng6 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.f3 Qf6 23.fxe4 Qxd4+ 24.Qxd4 Bxd4+ 25.Kh1 dxe4 26.Rxe4 Bxb2 27.a4 Be5 28.h4 Bd6 29.h5 Nf8 30.g4 h6 31.a5 Nh7 32.Kg2 Nf6 33.Rc4 Re8


34.Rf2 Re4 35.Rxe4 Nxe4 36.Re2 Nf6 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.a6 Nd5 39.Ra2 Kf6 40.Ra5 Ne7 41.Ke4 Ke6 42.g5 hxg5 43.Rxg5 Kf6 44.Rb5 Kf6 45.Rg5 Kf6 46.Rb5 Ke6 47.Rg5, draw.