Thursday, December 7, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/6/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

GrandKing-ether (Chess.com 1975) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 12/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.O-O Ne7 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Nf5 10.Bh5+ g6 11.Nxh7 Rxh7 12.Bxg6+ Rf7 13.Qh5 Qe7 14.Bxf7+ Qxf7 15.Qxf7+ Kxf7 16.g4 Nc6 17.e6+ Bxe6 18.gxf5 Rg8+ 19.Kh1 Bd7


20.Nc3 Ne7 21.f6+ Nf5 22.Nxd5 Rh8 23.Kg1 c6 24.Ne7 Nxe3 25.Rf2 Ng4 26.Rf4 Nxf6 27.Raf1 Rh6 28.Rxe4 Be6 29.Nf5 Nxe4 30.Nxh6+ Kg6 31.Re1 Ng5 32.h4 Nf3+ 33.Kf2 Nxe1 34.Kxe1 Kxh6 35.a3 Kh5 36.Kd2 Kxh4


37.Kc3 Kg5 38.Kd4 Kf4 39.c4 b6 40.b4 Kf5 41.a4 a6 42.a5 b5 43.cxb5 cxb5 44.Kc5 Ke5 45.Kb6 Bc8 46.Kc7 Kd5 47.Kxc8 Kc4 48.Kc7 Kxb4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2119) - kkpraveenkumar (lichess 2066), lichess 12/6/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.O-O c6 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.a4 a5 12.Na3 exf4 13.Bxf4 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.d4 O-O


16.Rae1 Bxa3 17.bxa3 Nb6 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.Rf3 Rae8 21.Ref1 Nc4 22.Bc1 Qe6 23.Qh4 g6 24.Rf6 Qe7 25.Bh6 Rg8 26.Qf4 g5 27.Bxg5 Rxg5 28.Qxg5 Rg8 29.Qf4 Rg7 30.Rxf7 Rxf7 31.Qxf7 Qxf7 32.Rxf7 b5 33.axb5 cxb5


34.e6 Kg8 35.Rb7 Nd6 36.Rb8+ Kg7 37.Rb6 Ne8 38.Rxb5 Kf6 39.Rxd5 Kxe6 40.Re5+ Kd7 41.Rxe8, Black resigns.