Wednesday, January 17, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/16/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1983) - SPCHAKRABORTY (Chess.com 1836), Chess.com 1/16/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Nh5 8.Bg3 Nxg3 9.hxg3 Bf6 10.c3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Qc2 b5 13.O-O-O c5 14.Kb1 a5 15.Nf1 g6 16.Ne3 Be6 17.d4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 b4 19.Nxe6 fxe6


20.Bc4 Nc5 21.cxb4 axb4 22.Ng4 Bg7 23.e5 b3 24.Bxb3 Nxb3 25.Qxb3 d5 26.Rdf1 Qa5 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Qb7 Ra8 29.a3 Qa7 30.Qxa7 Rxa7 31.Rc1 h5 32.Nf6+ Bxf6 33.exf6 Kf7 34.Rf1 e5


35.Ka2 d4 36.b4 e4 37.Rf4 Rd7 38.Rxe4 Kxf6 39.Kb2 d3 40.Kc1 Ra7 41.Kd2 Rxa3 42.Rd4 Rb3 43.Rxd3 Rxb4 44.Ke3 Rb5 45.Kf2 Kf5 46.Rf3+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ferdi09 (lichess 2237) - JimWest (lichess 2130), lichess 1/16/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Bb3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Ke8 10.O-O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Rhe1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Kd7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Rae8 16.Rxe8 Rxe8 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Nb5 Ne4 19.f3 a6


20.fxe4 axb5 21.Bd5 Re7 22.c3 Kc7 23.Rf1 Ne5 24.b3 Ng4 25.h3 Ne3 26.Rf7 Nxd5, White resigns.