Sunday, December 8, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/7/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

iliatar (Chess.com 1979) - JimWest (Chess.com 2015), Chess.com 12/7/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.exd6 exf3 8.dxe7 Qxe7+ 9.Kd2 fxg2 10.Bxg2 Qg5+ 11.Kc3 Qxg2

12.Re1+ Kf7 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe5 Qc6+ 15.Kd2 Qd6+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2077) - Gorkii_and_Tolstoi (lichess 2013), lichess 12/7/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 g6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bg7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O Qe7 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Nc5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nc4 Ra6 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.d4 Qxe4 18.dxc5 Re6


19.Bf3 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 Qxc5 21.Qd2 Qg5 22.Qxg5 hxg5 23.h3 b6 24.Rad1 Rd6 25.Rxd6 cxd6 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Bd5 Be6 28.Kg1 Kg7 29.g4 Kf6 30.c4 Rc8 31.b3 Rc5


32.Rf1+ Ke7 33.Re1 Kf6 34.Rf1+ Ke7 35.Re1 Kd7 36.Bxe6+ fxe6 37.Kf2 Re5 38.Rxe5 dxe5 39.Ke3 Kd6 40.Ke4 Kc5 41.Kxe5 Kb4 42.Kxe6 Kxb3 43.Kd5 Kxa4 44.Kc6 Kb4


45.Kxb6 a4 46.c5 a3 47.c6 a2 48.c7 a1=Q 49.c8=Q Qd4+ 50.Kb7 Qd5+ 51.Qc6 Qf7+ 52.Kb6 Qf2+ 53.Kb7 Qf7+ 54.Kb6 Qf2+ 55.Kb7 Qf7+, draw.