Tuesday, August 6, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1911) - Sakovskii (Chess.com 1837), Chess.com 8/5/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bd7 8.c3 a5 9.a4 Bg4 10.Na3 Qd7 11.f5 d5 12.Qc2 dxe4 13.dxe4 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 h6 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Rad8 17.Nc4 Qd3 18.Qxd3 Rxd3 19.Bd2 Rfd8


20.Be1 Ne8 21.Bf2 Bxf2 22.Rxf2 Nd6 23.Nxd6 R8xd6 24.Raf1 f6 25.Be2 Rd2 26.Bc4+ Kf8 27.Bd5 Rxf2 28.Rxf2 Nd8 29.g4 c6 30.Bc4 Rd1+ 31.Kg2 Ke7


32.Kf3 b6 33.Bb3 Nb7 34.Bxd1, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ronaldo2700 (lichess 2206) - JimWest (lichess 2131), lichess 8/5/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Ne7 9.f3 Nbc6 10.Qa4 O-O 11.fxe4 Rxf1+ 12.Bxf1 Nxe5 13.Bf4 N7g6 14.Bxe5 Nxe5 15.exd5 Bf5 16.Nc3 Qg5 17.Kh1 Ng4 18.Qd4 Bxc2 19.h3 Nf6


20.Re1 Rf8 21.d6 cxd6 22.Qxd6 Bg6 23.Qc7 Nh5 24.Bc4+ Kh8 25.Qd6 Qf4 26.Qxf4 Rxf4 27.Rd1 h6 28.Rd8+ Kh7 29.Bg8+ Kh8 30.Nd5 Rf1+ 31.Kh2 Nf6


32.Ne7 Nxg8 33.Nxg6+ Kh7 34.Nf8+ Kh8 35.Ne6 Rf7 36.Kg3 Kh7 37.Nf8+ Kh8 38.Kh4 g5+ 39.Kh5 Kg7 40.Ne6+ Kh7 41.Nf8+ Kg7 42.Ne6+ Kh7 43.Rxg8 Kxg8 44.Kxh6 Rf6+ 45.Kxg5 Rxe6 46.g4 Kg7 47.h4 Re5+ 48.Kf4 Re2


49.g5 Rxb2 50.Kf5 Rxa2 51.h5 Ra5+ 52.Kg4, White resigns.