Tuesday, February 6, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Ctdsd (Chess.com 1788) - JimWest (Chess.com 1972), Chess.com 2/5/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 d5 8.Bb3 c6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Nf1 O-O 12.h3 Kh8 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Ne2 Rae8 15.Ng3 Bg6 16.c3 h6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.c4 e3


19.Rxe3 Rxe3 20.Nxe3 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Qxg3 22.Qf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Re8 24.Kf2 dxc4 25.Nxc4 Rd8 26.Ne5 Bh5 27.Bf7 Rxd4 28.Bxh5 Nxh5 29.Re1 Rd2+ 30.Re2 Rxe2+ 31.Kxe2 Nf4+ 32.Ke3 Nxh3


33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Nd8 Kf8 35.Nxb7 Ke7 36.b4 Ng5 37.a4 Ne6 38.Na5 Kd6 39.Ke4 g5 40.Nc4+ Kc7 41.Ne5 h5 42.Kf5 Kd6 43.Nf7+ Kd5 44.Nxg5 Nxg5 45.Kxg5 Ke5 46.f4+ Ke4 47.f5 h4 48.f6 h3 49.f7 h2 50.f8=Q h1=Q


51.Qe8+ Kd3 52.Qg6+ Kc4 53.Qc2+ Kxb4 54.Qb2+ Kxa4 55.Qa2+ Kb5 56.Qb3+ Kc5 57.Qc3+ Kd5 58.Qd3+ Kc5 59.Qc3+ Kd6 60.Qf6+ Kc7 61.Qe7+ Kc8 62.Qe8+ Kb7 63.Qe7+ Ka6 64.Qa3+ Kb6 65.Qb4+ Kc7


66.Qe7+ Kc8 67.Qe6+ Kb7 68.Qb3+ Kc8 69.Qg8+ Kc7 70.Qf7+ Kd6 71.Qf4+ Kc5 72.Qe3+ Kc4 73.Qe2+ Kc3 74.Qe3+ Kc2 75.Qc5+ Kd2 76.Qd4+ Ke2 77.Qc4+ Kf2 78.Qc2+ Kg1 79.Qd1+ Kg2 80.Qg4+ Kh2


81.Qh4+ Kg1 82.Qd4+ Kh2 83.Qh4+ Kg2 84.Qg4+ Kf2 85.Qd4+ Kg2 86.Kg4 Qh3+ 87.Kg5 Qg3+ 88.Kf6 Qf3+ 89.Ke7 Qd5 90.Qg4+ Kf2 91.Qf4+ Ke2 92.Qg4+ Kd3 93.Qd1+ Kc4 94.Qc2+ Kb5 95.Qb2+ Ka6


96.Qa3+ Kb6 97.Qb2+ Qb5 98.Qd4+ Qc5+ 99.Qxc5+ Kxc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2169) - arthuranthonybsi (lichess 2072), lichess 2/5/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 dxe4 9.dxe4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.O-O-O a5 14.g4 a4 15.h4 a3 16.b3 Be3 17.Kb1 Na5 18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 Rfd8


20.Rde1 Bf4 21.g5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Bxg5 23.Reg1 Bf4 24.Rg6 Qe7 25.Rhg1 Kf8 26.Rxg7 b5 27.Rg8#.