Monday, February 12, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1931) - juantamayo57 (Chess.com 1751), Chess.com 2/11/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Nh5 7.Bg3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 Bg4 9.Be2 c5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.c3 Bf6 12.Nf1 Qb6 13.Qc2 h5 14.O-O-O O-O-O 15.Kb1 d5 16.exd5 Rxd5 17.Ne3 Rdd8 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.a4 Rhe8


20.Rhe1 Qxg3 21.Bf1 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Bxf3 23.Re3 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxf3 Qe1+ 26.Qc1 Qxc1+ 27.Kxc1 Bf6 28.Rf5 b6 29.Rxh5 Re8 30.Kd1 Kc7 31.Be2 Kd6 32.Bf3 Re5 33.Rxe5 Kxe5


34.Ke2 Bg5 35.b3 Kf4 36.d4 cxd4 37.cxd4 f5 38.d5 Be7 39.Bh5 Ke5 40.Bf7 g5 41.g3 Bd6 42.Kf3 Kd4 43.Be6 f4 44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Bf7 Kc3 46.Ke4 Kxb3 47.Be8 Kc4 48.Bc6 Kc5 49.Bb5 f3 50.Kxf3 Kxd5


51.Ke3 Bc5+ 52.Kd3 Kd6 53.Kc4 Kc7 54.a5 Kb7 55.axb6 Kxb6 56.Be8 Bf2 57.Kb3 a5 58.Ka4 Be1 59.Bd7 Kc5 60.Be8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Alota (lichess 2109) - JimWest (lichess 2143), lichess 2/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qd2 c6 9.O-O-O f4 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bc4+ Kh8 13.Qe2 b5 14.Bb3 a5 15.a4 b4 16.Nb1 Ba6 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Nd7


19.Rd3 Nb6 20.Qc5, White resigns.