Thursday, December 12, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1965) - thefalcon2021 (Chess.com 1916), Chess.com 12/11/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 a5 9.a4 O-O 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Qe7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nd2 Qh4+ 16.g3 Qg5 17.O-O-O Rfd8 18.Kb1 Na7 19.Nc4 b5


20.Nxe5 bxa4 21.Nd7 Be7 22.Qxa4 Qe3 23.Rhf1 c6 24.e5 Rac8 25.f6 Bf8 26.fxg7 Bxg7 27.Bh5 Nb5 28.Bxf7+ Kh8 29.Qf4 Qe2 30.Rd2 Nxc3+ 31.bxc3 Qb5+ 32.Kc2 a4


33.Rb1 Qa6 34.Rb6 Qa7 35.e6 Qa5 36.Rb4 a3 37.e7, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

coryf395 (lichess 2056) - JimWest (lichess 2070), lichess 12/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.O-O fxe4 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Nxe5 dxc4 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxh8 Be6 11.Re1 Qe7 12.Ng5 Bg7 13.Qh4 Nd4 14.Qxd4 Bxd4 15.Rxe6 Qxe6 16.Nxe6 Bb6 17.d3 cxd3 18.cxd3 Kf7 19.Ng5+ Kg7


20.Ne4 Rd8 21.Kf1 Rxd3 22.Ke2 Rd4 23.f3 Nf6 24.Nxf6 Kxf6 25.Be3 Rb4 26.Bxb6 Rxb2+ 27.Ke3 cxb6 28.g4 Rxh2 29.a4 g5 30.Rd1 Ke6


31.f4 gxf4+ 32.Kxf4 Ra2 33.Rd4 Kf6 34.g5+ Kg6 35.Rd6+ Kg7 36.Rd7+ Kg6 37.Rd6+ Kg7 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.Rd6+, draw.