Wednesday, September 18, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

averagetraxlerenjoyer (Chess.com 1888) - JimWest (Chess.com 2004), Chess.com 9/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Be2 Qd6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxe6 13.Rb1 b6 14.Bf4 c6 15.Qc1 Nbd7 16.Qa3 Ne8 17.Bg3 a5 18.Qa4 b5 19.Qb3 Nd6


20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.a4 bxa4 22.Qxa4 Ra7 23.c4 Kh8 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rb3 h6 26.Rfb1 Qf4 27.Rf1 Qd2 28.Bg4 Nf6 29.Bh3 Nh5 30.Qa3 Raa8 31.c3 Nf4 32.Bg4 Ne2+ 33.Bxe2 Qxe2


34.Qe7 Rae8 35.Qc5 e3 36.f3 Qd2 37.Rbb1 e2 38.Rfe1 Qe3+ 39.Kh1 Qd3 40.Qxa5 Qxb1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2092) - BlaiseDslayer (lichess 2143), lichess 9/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Bg4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Be2 Qe7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.d4 Bb6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Qc2 Rfe8 14.O-O-O Qf4 15.Kb1 f5


16.exf5 Rxe2 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.Nh4 Rxd2 19.Ng6+ Kh7 20.Nxf4 Bxd1 21.Rxd1 Rf2 22.Nd5 Re8 23.Nxb6 axb6 24.Qf7 Ree2 25.Qg6+ Kg8 26.Ka1 Na5 27.f6 Rxf6 28.Qg4 Rff2


29.h4 Rxb2 30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Qe4+ Kg8 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qe4+ g6 35.Qe7+ Kg8 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Qe7+ Kg8 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Kg8, draw.