Tuesday, February 13, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/12/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1965) - smartdaddy (Chess.com 1994), Chess.com 2/12/2024

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 e5 6.c3 exf4 7.Bxf4 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.h3 Kh7 11.Nbd2 Nh5 12.Bh2 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.d4 f4 15.Bd3+ Bf5 


16.Bxf5+ Rxf5 17.Qc2 Kg6 18.Rae1 Qf6 19.Ne4 Qf7 20.Nh4+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sjr121 (lichess 2111) - JimWest (lichess 2142), lichess 2/12/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Na5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Re1 f4 8.d4 Nc6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.Qc4 Rf8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qe7 15.a3 O-O-O


16.b4 a6 17.Bd2 h6 18.b5 axb5 19.Qxb5 Bc5 20.Rab1 Bb6 21.Bb4 Nxb4 22.axb4 Rfe8 23.Ra1 Kb8 24.Qa4 c6 25.c4 c5 26.Qb5 Qc7 27.Qa4 Qd7 28.b5 Kc7 29.Rad1 Qe7 30.Qa1 g5


31.Rd5 Rxd5 32.exd5 e4 33.Nd2 e3 34.fxe3 fxe3 35.Nf3 Qd6 36.Qc3 Qf4 37.Qg7+ Kb8 38.Qxh6 Bc7 39.Qxg5 Qxc4 40.Qg6 Qe4 41.b6 Qxg6, White forfeits.