Saturday, August 10, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/9/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1952) - freenchato (Chess.com 1793), Chess.com 8/9/2024

1.e3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Bg5 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Nd7 12.Nd5 f6 13.Be3 Nb6 14.Nxc7 Rb8 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.Nd5 Nd4 17.c3 Nxe2 18.Kxe2 Kf7 19.Nxb6 Ke7


20.Nxc8+ Rfxc8 21.Rd5 Rc4 22.Kf3 Rd8 23.Rgd1 Rxd5 24.Rxd5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

VishyAnand28 (lichess 2113) - JimWest (lichess 2158), lichess 8/9/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.h4 Bxf5 7.Be3 d5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Be2 Bb4 12.Nh3 O-O 13.Nf4 Rc8 14.g4 Qa5 15.gxf5 Bxc3+ 16.bxc3 Qxc3+ 17.Bd2 Qxd4 18.Nd6 Qb6 19.Nxf8 Rxf8


20.h5 Nd4 21.Bg5 Qb4+ 22.Bd2 Qb2 23.Rg1 Qxa1 24.Qxa1 Nc2+ 25.Kd1 Nxa1 26.Kc1 Rc8+ 27.Kb2 Rc2+ 28.Kxa1 Rxd2 29.Re1 Kf8 30.Kb1 d4 31.f3 d3 32.Bd1 e3 33.Kc1 Rxa2 34.Rxe3 d2+ 35.Kb1 Ra5


36.Rd3 Rxf5 37.Rxd2 Rxh5 38.Rc2 Rb5+ 39.Kc1 a6 40.Rc7 h5 41.Rc4 Rb6 42.Bc2 Rc6 43.Rd4 Kf7 44.Kd2 Rc7 45.Bb3+ Kg6, White resigns.