Sunday, December 10, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessVirus_5 (Chess.com 1900) - JimWest (Chess.com 2025), Chess.com 12/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 c6 10.f3 Qc7 11.g3 Nbd7 12.fxe4 Bxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Nc3 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qxg3+ 16.Kh1 O-O-O 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qe2 Nf6 19.Be3 Rhe8


20.Qf2 Qh3+ 21.Kg1 Ng4 22.Qg2 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Nxe3+ 24.Rxe3 Rxd4 25.Rae1 c5 26.c3 Rd2+ 27.R3e2 Red8 28.Kf2 b5 29.Bc2 e3+ 30.Kxe3 Rxe2+ 31.Rxe2 Re8+ 32.Kf2 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 g6


34.Ke3 Kd7 35.Kf4 Ke6 36.Be4 Kf6 37.b4 cxb4 38.cxb4 h5 39.Bc6 g5+ 40.Kg3 Ke5 41.Bxb5 Kd4 42.Be8 h4+ 43.Kg4 Kc3 44.b5 Kb4 45.Bd7 Ka3 46.Kxg5 Kxa2 47.Kxh4 Ka3 48.Kg5 Kb4 49.Kf5 Kc5 50.Ke4 Kb6


51.Kd5 a6 32.Kc4 axb5+ 53.Bxb5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2125) - ravi7282 (lichess 2120), lichess 12/9/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 Bb6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.h3 Nf6 11.Kh1 Nc6 12.c3 Nh5 13.Bh2 Re8 14.Nbd2 Ne7 15.Nc4 f5 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.e5 f4 18.exd6 Qxd6 


19.Ne5 Ng3+ 20.Bxg3 fxg3 21.Qb3+ Be6 22.Bc4 Nd5 23.Rae1 b5 24.Bxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxd5 Bxd5 26.a3 Rf8 27.Kg1 h5 28.h4 b6 29.Ng6 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Re8 31.Nf4 Bc4 32.Rc1 Re4 33.Nxh5 Rg4 34.Re1 Bf7


35.Re5 Bxh5 36.Rxh5 Re4 37.Kf1 Rf4+ 38.Kg1 Re4 39.Kf1 Rf4+ 40.Kg1 Re4, draw.