Tuesday, August 27, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2039) - EnigmaEndgame01 (Chess.com 1915), Chess.com 8/26/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Bd6 7.fxe5 Bxe5 8.d4 Nxe4 9.dxe5 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nbc3 Qe7 12.Qxd5 Ng5 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qf3 Nxe5 15.Qf4 Qe7 16.Nd5 Qe6 17.Nec3 Ng6 18.Qf2 Rac8 19.Rae1 Qd6


20.Rd1 Qe6 21.Nf4 Qg4 22.h3 Qg5 23.Rd5 Qe7 24.Re1 Qb4 25.Nd3 Qc4 26.Qd4 Qc6 27.Rc5 Qb6 28.Nd5 Qd6 29.Qc3 c6 30.Ne3 Qg3


31.Nf5 Qxe1+ 32.Nxe1 f6 33.Qb3+ Kh8 34.Qxb7 Rg8 35.Rxc6 Rb8 36.Qc7 Rxb2 37.Ne7 Re8 38.Nxg6+ hxg6 39.Nd3 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Re2 41.Qg3 Kg8 42.Qxg6 Rd1 43.Rc8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hashashin8 (lichess 2057) - JimWest (lichess 2164), lichess 8/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a5 9.a4 Na6 10.h3 Nc5 11.Be3 fxe4 12.dxe4 Ncxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bxe4 Qxd1 16.Raxd1 Bxh3 17.Bb6 Bg4 18.f3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Rxf3


20.Kg2 Raf8 21.Rd7 Bg5 22.Rxb7 Bd2 23.Rxe5 Bb4 24.Bxa5 Bxa5 25.Rxa5 Rf2+ 26.Kh3 Kh8 27.Raa7 Rg8 28.a5 Rxc2 29.a6 h6 30.Rc7 Rxb2 31.Rxc6 Rbb8


32.Rb7 Kh7 33.Rcc7 Rxb7 34.axb7 Rb8 35.Kg4 Kg6 36.Kf4 Kf6 37.Ke4 g5 38.Kd5 h5 39.Kc6 h4 40.gxh4 gxh4 41.Rh7 Kg5 42.Kc7 Rxb7+ 43.Kxb7 Kg4 44.Kc6 h3 45.Kd5 Kg3 46.Ke4 h2


47.Ke3 Kg2 48.Rg7+ Kf1 49.Rf7+ Kg2 50.Rg7+ Kf1 51.Rh7 Kg2 52.Rg7+, draw.