Monday, November 4, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tito0487 (Chess.com 1998) - JimWest (Chess.com 1956), Chess.com 11/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Nf3 exf2+ 11.Kxf2 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bg5+ Ke8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Rxc3 Nge7 16.Bd3 h6 17.Bd2 Rf8 18.Re1 Be6 19.Bf1 Rd8


20.Rd3 Rxd3 21.Bxd3 Kf7 22.h3 Kg8 23.Bc3 Rd8 24.Be2 Nf5 25.g4 Nfd4 26.Nxd4 Nxd4 27.Rd1 Rf8+ 28.Ke3 Nxe2 29.Kxe2 Bxc4+ 30.Ke3 Be6 31.Bb4 Re8 


32.Rc1 c6 33.Bd6 Bd5 34.Kf4 Kf7 35.a4 Ke6 36.h4 Rg8 37.a5 g5+ 38.hxg5 hxg5+ 39.Kg3 Rg7 40.Rf1 Rf7 41.Rxf7 Kxf7 42.Bb8 a6 43.Ba7 Ke6 44.Bd4 Bb3 45.Kf3 Bd1+ 46.Kg3 Kd5 47.Ba1 c5 48.Bb2 c4 49.Bc3 Ba4 50.Kf3 Bd7


51.Kg3 Be6 52.Kf3 Bd7 53.Bb2 Bc6 54.Ke3 Be8 55.Bc3 Bf7 56.Bb2 Be6 57.Kf3 Bc8 58.Bc3 Kc5 59.Kg3 Kb5 60.Kf3 Ka4 61.Bd2 Kb3 62.Bxg5 c3 63.Be3 Kb4 64.g5 Kxa5


65.g6 Kb5 66.Ke4 Be6 67.Kd3 Kb4 68.Bd4 Bf5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2108) - Altata (lichess 2137), lichess 11/3/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 f5 7.Bc4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Be7 9.Ne2 Bh4+ 10.g3 Bg5 11.Nf4 c6 12.O-O b5 13.Be2 Nh6 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.a4 Bd7 16.axb5 Bxf4 17.Bxf4 Be6 18.Bc4 Kf7 19.Bxh6 gxh6


20.Rxf5+ Kg7 21.Bxe6 Rf8 22.Rxf8 Qxf8 23.Nd2 e3 24.Ne4 Qf3 25.Re1 Qxe4 26.bxc6 Nd7 27.cxd7 Rf8 28.Qd5 Qc2


29.Qg2 Rf2 30.Qh3 Rf4 31.Qg2 Rf2 32.Qh3 Rf4 33.Qg2 Rf2, draw.