Tuesday, October 22, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

platinumdi (Chess.com 2026) - JimWest (Chess.com 2029), Chess.com 10/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Bc4+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh6 12.Nxh8 Bb4+ 13.c3 Qxh8 14.h4 Kg7 15.Qxc7+ Nbd7 16.cxb4 Qf8 17.a3 Kh8 18.O-O-O Nb6 19.Bb3 Bg4


20.Qxb7 Qc8+ 21.Qxc8+ Rxc8+ 22.Kd2 Bxd1 23.Rxd1 Nc4+ 24.Bxc4 Rxc4 25.Ke2 Nd5 26.Rd2 Kg7 27.g3 h5 28.Kf1 Kf6 29.Kg2 Kf5 30.Kh3 a6 31.Kh2 Kg4 32.Kg2 e3


33.fxe3 Nxe3+ 34.Kf2 Nf5 35.d5 Nxg3 36.d6 Ne4+ 37.Ke3 Nxd2 38.d7 Nf1+ 39.Kd3 Rc1 40.Ke2 Rc2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2036) - benzw17 (lichess 2022), lichess 10/21/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.f4 Nc6 8.Nc3 Ng4 9.Nh3 Ne3+ 10.Bxe3 Bxe3 11.f5 O-O 12.Nd5 Bb6 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.a3 g6 15.g4 Rd8


16.Ke2 gxf4 17.gxf4 Nd4+ 18.Ke3 Kh8 19.Rhg1 Rg8 20.Rxg8+ Kxg8 21.Rg1+ Kf8 22.Ng5 h6 23.Nf3 c5 24.Nxe5 f6 25.Ng6+ Kf7 26.Bc4+ Ke8 27.c3 b5 28.Bd3 c4 29.cxd4 cxd3 30.Kxd3 Bd7 31.Nf4 Kf7 32.d5 b4 33.axb4 Ra2 34.Kc3 Ke7


35.Ne6 Kd6 36.Rg6 Ke5 37.Nc5 Bb5 38.d6 b6 39.d7 Bxd7 40.Nxd7+ Kxe4 41.Rxf6 Ra7 42.Nxb6 Rc7+ 43.Kb3 Kd4, Black resigns.