Sunday, February 18, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

JourneytoWCC (Chess.com 1853) - JimWest (Chess.com 1933), Chess.com 2/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3


11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Be2, draw.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2170) - mtoc64 (lichess 2224), lichess 2/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.d5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.e6 Ne5 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.Ne2 Qxd5 14.Nbc3 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Nxf4 16.Nxf4 g5 17.Nfe2 Bg4 18.O-O+ Kg6


19.h3 Bxe2 20.Nxe2 Be7 21.Nc3 Rab8 22.b3 e3 23.Rf3 Bf6 24.Rd6 Rhf8 25.Ne4 e2 26.Rdxf6+ Rxf6 27.Rxf6+ Kg7 28.Kf2 Re8 29.Kxe2 Rxe4+ 30.Kf3 Kxf6 31.Kxe4 Ke6


32.g4 Kf6 33.a3 a5 34.c3 Ke6 35.b4 cxb4 36.cxb4 axb4 37.axb4 Kf6 38.Kd4 Ke6 39.Kc5 Kd7 40.Kc4 Kd6 41.Kd4 Ke6 42.Kc5 Kd7 43.Kc4 Ke6 44.Kc5, draw.