Monday, December 25, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1914) - TheSunWheel (Chess.com 1768), Chess.com 12/24/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd4 10.c3 Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.dxe4 h6 14.Rd1 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Qe7 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nd2 Rfd8 18.Nb3 Bb6 19.h3 c6


20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rd6 22.Qe2 Qd8 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Qd2 Qxd2 25.Nxd2 Be3 26.Nc4 Bf4 27.Na5 Bc1 28.b3 Bd2 29.Nxb7 Bxc3 30.Nd8 c5 31.Nc6 a5


32.Kg1 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke8 34.Ke2 Kd7 35.Kd3 Kxc6 36.Kxc3 Kb5 37.a4+ Kc6 38.Kc4 g6 39.f6 h5 40.h4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Finitegroup (lichess 2071) - JimWest (lichess 2149), lichess 12/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.f3 Bb4


10.O-O Qb6+, White resigns.