Thursday, December 19, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

babin22013 (Chess.com 1895) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 12/18/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nb5 Kd7 12.Rhe1 Rae8 13.Nh4 Be6 14.Bxe6+ Rxe6 15.Nf5 Rg8


16.c4 b6 17.f4 a6 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Nd3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2071) - Tanbeer (lichess 2042), lichess 12/18/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc5 10.Qc2 Ne6 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bd2 c6 13.h3 Ne5 14.d4 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Ng5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.Qd2 Qg3 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Rxf2 f5


20.Nd2 Bh6 21.Re1 Bf4 22.Nf1 Bd7 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Be4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Bg5 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Nh2 d5 28.Re2 Rf7 29.Nf3 Re7 30.Rxe7 Bxe7


31.Kf2 Kg7 32.Ne5 c5 33.dxc5 Bxc5+ 34.Kd2 d4 35.cxd4 Bxd4 36.Nd3 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 g5 39.b3 Kf6 40.Kf3 Ke6 41.Ke4 Bb6 42.a4 a6 43.Ne1 Bd8 44.Nf3 Bf6 45.b4 b6 46.b5 a5


47.Nd4+ Bxd4 48.Kxd4 Kd6 49.Ke4 Ke6 50.Kd4 Kd6 51.Ke4 Ke6 52.Kd4, draw.