Tuesday, December 17, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2005) - Sashok81 (Chess.com 1995), Chess.com 12/16/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 c6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.Nf3 d6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Qa5+ 9.c3 dxe5 10.Be3 Bg4 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Nd7 13.Nbd2 Ndc5 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Bxc5 Nxc5 16.Qd6 Qxd6 17.Nxd6 e4 18.Nd4 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 b6


20.b4 Ne6 21.Nxe4 c5 22.bxc5 f5 23.Nd6 Nxc5 24.Nxf5 Rae8 25.Neg3 Re6 26.Nd4 Re3 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Rf1+ Ke8 29.Rf3 Re1+ 30.Nf1 Ra1 31.Nb3 Rxa2 32.Nxc5 bxc5 33.Rf5 Ra5


34.Ne3 Ke7 35.Re5+ Kf6 36.Rd5 Ke6 37.c4 g6 38.h4 Ra1+ 39.Kf2 a6 40.Rxc5 a5 41.Rc6+ Kd7 42.Ra6 a4 43.Kf3 a3 44.Nc2 Rh1 45.Kg3 a2 46.Rxa2 Rc1 47.Ne3 Rc3 48.Kf2 Kc6


49.Ra7 h6 50.Ra6+ Kc5 51.Rxg6 Kd4 52.Rg4+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GrishutinAndrey (lichess 2029) - JimWest (lichess 2063), lichess 12/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O


11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nc3 Bxc3+ 15.bxc3 Qxc3+, White resigns.