Friday, January 19, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Bikram58 (Chess.com 1903) - JimWest (Chess.com 1979), Chess.com 1/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Bh6 Re8 13.f3 Bf8 14.Qd2 c5 15.fxe4 cxd4 16.Nb5 Rxe5 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Qxd4 Nc6


19.Qd2 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Nxe4 21.Qh6 Nf2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2149) - nartdictat2000 (lichess 2060), lichess 1/18/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.Be2 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.dxe4 exf4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bxf4 Re8 11.O-O-O+ Bd7 12.Bg4 Re7 13.Nf3 f6 14.Rd5 Bd6 15.Bxd6 cxd6 16.Rxd6 Kc7 17.Rxd7+ Rxd7 18.Bxd7 Kxd7 19.Rd1+ Ke6


20.Nd4+ Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Rc8 22.Kd2 Rc7 23.c3 h5 24.h4 g5 25.g3 gxh4 26.gxh4 Rg7 27.Rd5 Rg4 28.Rxh5 Rxd4 29.Rh7 b5 30.h5 a5 31.h6 Rh4 32.Rb7 Rh2+ 33.Kc1 Rh1+ 34.Kc2 Rh2+ 35.Kb3 a4+ 36.Ka3 Rxh6 37.Rxb5 Rh4


38.b3 axb3 39.axb3 f5 40.Rb8 f4 41.Rf8 Ke5 42.b4 Ke4 43.b5 f3 44.b6 Rh6 45.b7 Rb6 46.b8=Q Rxb8 47.Rxb8 f2 48.Rf8 Ke3 49.Kb4 Ke2 50.c4 f1=Q 51.Rxf1 Kxf1 52.c5, Black resigns.