Saturday, February 3, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

kojiyev (Chess.com 1845) - JimWest (Chess.com 1978), Chess.com 2/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O Nd7 9.d4 e4 10.Nfd2 d5 11.Bb3 Ngf6 12.c4 O-O 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc3 Be6 15.Re1 Bf7 16.g4 h6 17.h3 a6 18.a4 Kh8 19.Qe2 Rae8


20.Nf1 Bg8 21.Ne3 Qd6 22.Nf5 Qb4 23.Qc2 Rc8 24.Qd1 Rfe8 25.Na2 Qa5 26.Nd6 e3 27.fxe3 Qc7 28.Nxe8 Qg3+ 29.Kf1 Qxh3+ 30.Ke2 Qxg4+ 31.Kd3 Bh7+ 32.e4 Bxe4+ 33.Kd2 Qf4+ 34.Re3 Rxe8


35.Qf1 Qxe3+ 36.Kxe3 Bg2+ 37.Kd3 Bxf1+ 38.Rxf1 Rd8 39.Nc3 Nb8 40.Rf5 Nc6 41.Nxd5 Nxd5 42.Bxd5 Nb4+ 43.Kc4 Nxd5 44.Rxd5 Rxd5 45.Kxd5 h5 46.Ke5 h4


47.Kf5 h3 48.d5 h2 49.d6 h1=Q 50.d7 Qh3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2167) - ismayil1959 (lichess 2060), lichess 2/2/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 h6 8.h3 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Nh5 11.b4 Bb6 12.Na3 a6 13.Nc4 Ba7 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Ng3 16.Rg1 Nxf1 17.Rxf1 b5 18.Rd1 Qe8 19.Nd5 Ra7


20.Kf2 f6 21.Kg1 Ne7 22.Qf2 Rb7 23.Qc5 Nxd5 24.Qxd5+ Kh7 25.g4 c6 26.Qc5 Rff7 27.Rd6 Rfc7 28.Rfd1 h5 29.g5 Qe7 30.g6+ Kh8 31.Rd8+, Black resigns.