Wednesday, October 23, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2025) - rudiel99 (Chess.com 1917), Chess.com 10/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 4.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 O-O 7.Be2 d6 8.h3 Re8 9.Nf3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qd2 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.dxe4 Qd6 15.O-O-O Bxb2+ 16.Kxb2 Qb6+ 17.Ka1 Be6 18.Rb1 Qc5 19.Be3 Qa3


20.Rb2 Red8 21.Bd3 c5 22.Rd1 c4 23.Qb4 Qxb4 24.Rxb4 cxd3 25.cxd3 b6 26.d4 Rac8 27.d5 Bd7 28.Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Rc8 30.Bf4 f6 31.Kb2 b5 32.h4 a5 33.Rd4 Kf7


34.e5 fxe5 35.Bxe5 g6 36.Rf4+ Ke7 37.g3 h5 38.Rf6 Bf5 39.d6+ Ke8 40.g4 hxg4 41.h5 Rc2+ 42.Kb3 Re2 43.hxg6 Bxg6 44.Rxg6 Rxe5 45.Rxg4 Kd7 46.Rd4 Re3+ 47.Kb2 Re2+ 48.Kb3 Re3+ 49.Kb2 Re6


50.Rd5 Re2+ 51.Kb3 Re3+ 52.Kb2 Re2+ 53.Kb3 Re3+ 54.Kb2 Re2+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

alibagheri2023 (lichess 2157) - JimWest (lichess 2041), lichess 10/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Nh3 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Na6 14.Bb3 Nc5 15.Ba2 Ne6 16.Qe2 Kh8 17.Qh5 Qe8 18.Qh4 Nf5 19.Qg4 Kh7


20.Be3 Qg6 21.Rab1 Qxg4+ 22.hxg4 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Rxf1+ 24.Kxf1 b5 25.Kg2 Rf8 26.Rd1 Rf3 27.Re1 Kg6 28.Bb3 Nc5 29.h4 Nxb3 30.cxb3 Kf7 31.Rf1 Rxf1 32.Kxf1 Ke6 33.Kf2 Kxe5


34.Kg3 g5 35.h5 a5 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Kd6 38.Kf2 c5 39.Ke2 cxb4 40.cxb4 Ke5 41.Kd2 d4 42.exd4+ Kxd4, White resigns.