Sunday, October 27, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/26/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

JudgmentOfThePharaoh (Chess.com 2006) - JimWest (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 10/26/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.h4 Nbc6 11.e6 Nd4 12.Qd2 Nxe6 13.c4 Nxg5 14.Qxg5 Rf5 15.Qe3 c6 16.h5 Qb6 17.hxg6 Qxe3+ 18.fxe3 Nxg6 19.Nc3 Be6


20.Rd1 Raf8 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Be2 Rg5 23.g4 Ne5 24.Rh5 Rxh5 25.gxh5 Nf3+ 26.Bxf3 exf3 27.Kf2 Rf5 28.Rg1+ Kf8 29.h6 Rf6 30.Rg7 Rxh6 31.Rxb7 a6


32.Kxf3 Rf6+ 33.Kg3 Kg8 34.Rb6 Rg6+ 35.Kf4 Rg4+ 36.Ke5 Bf7 37.Nxd5 Rg5+ 38.Kf6 Rg6+ 39.Ke5 Rg5+ 40.Kf6 Rg6+ 41.Ke5 Rg5+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2067) - Anas963 (lichess 1948), lichess 10/26/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.c3 Qe7 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Rd8 11.Qc2 h6 12.Nc4 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Qxe5 17.d4 Qg3 18.e5 Nf7


19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2 c5 21.Be3 cxd4 22.cxd4 Rac8 23.Rc1 Nf8 24.Rfc2 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 Ne6 26.Bg4 Kf8 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Rc7 Rb8 29.Bd2 b6 30.b4 axb4 31.Bxb4+ Kg8 32.Rc6 Kf7


33.Bd6 Ra8 34.Rxb6 Rxa4 35.Rb7+ Kg8 36.Bc5 Ra2 37.Re7 Ra6 38.Kh2 h5 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 g5 41.Kg3 Kh7 42.Rd7 Kg6 43.Kf3 Bh8 44.Ke3 Bg7 45.Kd3 Bh8 46.Kc3 Rc6 47.Kb4 Rc8 48.Re7, Black resigns.