Sunday, November 3, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1980) - playingchess275 (Chess.com 1996), Chess.com 11/2/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Re8 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 a6 12.a4 Ng4 13.h3 Ne3 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.Nbd2 b6 16.g4 Bb7 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Nc4 Bf4 19.Rf2 b5


20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Na3 Be3 23.Rf1 Nd8 24.c4 bxc4 25.Qxc4 Qxc4 26.Nxc4 Bf4 27.Kg1 f6 28.Nh4 Nf7 29.Ng6 Ng5 30.Nxf4 exf4


31.h4 Nf7 32.Rxf4 Ra2 33.Bf3 Ba6 34.Bd5 Bxc4 35.Rxc4 Kf8 36.Rxc7 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Ne5 38.Bc4 Rc1 39.Rc8+ Ke7 40.Rg8 Rc2+ 41.Kg3 Rxb2 42.Rxg7+ Kd6 43.Rh7 Rb1 44.Rxh6 Rg1+ 45.Kh2 Rxg4 46.Rxf6+ Kc5


47.Kh3 Rg1 48.Re6 Kd4 49.f6 Ng6 50.Re4+ Kc5 51.f7 Kd6 52.Re6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

vidimer (lichess 2015) - JimWest (lichess 2104), lichess 11/2/2024

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.Qc2 Ne7 13.Bg5 O-O 14.Rd1 Qe8 15.Bd3 Nbc6 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Rhe1 Qh5


18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Bd3 Bg4 20.Be4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Rxf3+ 22.Kg1 Rff8 23.Re3 Qf5 24.Qe2 c2 25.Re1 Rad8 26.Rh3+ Kg8 27.Rf3 Qg6 28.Rg3 Qb6+ 29.Kh1 Qf2


30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Qg4+ Ng6, White resigns.