Sunday, December 1, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/30/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1970) - SarKR (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 11/30/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Nc6 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Be7 11.Nbc3 Nxc3 12.Nxc3 O-O 13.Qf3 c6 14.Be3 Qb6 15.b3 Rad8 16.g3 Qc7 17.Qg4 b6 18.Ne2 Qc8 19.Qxc8 Rxc8


20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.gxf4 c5 22.c3 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Bc5 24.Rac1 Bxd4+ 25.cxd4 g6 26.Kf2 Kg7 27.Ke2 f5 28.Kd2 Kf7 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Rc1 Re8 31.Rc7+ Re7 32.Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.h4 h5 34.Kc3 a5


35.b4 g5 36.bxa5 bxa5 37.fxg5 f4 38.Kd3 Kf7 39.Ke2 Kg6 40.Kf3 Kf5 41.a4 Kg6 42.Kxf4 Kf7 43.Kf5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mishaari (lichess 2076) - JimWest (lichess 2109), lichess 11/30/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.O-O f4 8.Bb3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.a4 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Be6 g5 14.Rfd1 h5 15.d4 Qc7 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.g4 hxg4 18.hxg4 Rh4 19.Kf1 Kf8


20.Ke2 Kg7 21.Rh1 Rah8 22.Rxh4 Rxh4 23.Rh1 Rxh1 24.Qxh1 Bb4 25.Qh3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Nxe4 27.Qf3 Nf6 28.Bf5 Qb6 29.Qc3 Qd4 30.Qxd4 exd4 31.Kd3 c5 32.Kc4 b6 33.Kb5 Ne8 34.Ka6 Nd6


35.Kxa7 Nxf5 36.gxf5 g4 37.Kxb6 g3 38.fxg3 fxg3 39.a5 g2 40.a6 g1=Q 41.a7 Qa1 42.b3 Qh1 43.Kc7 Qa8 44.Kb6 Kf6 45.Kxc5 Qxa7+ 46.Kc4 Kxf5 47.Kd3 Ke5, White resigns.