Wednesday, February 7, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/6/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1932) - ratkomih (Chess.com 1917), Chess.com 2/6/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd4 11.c3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qd7 13.Nd2 O-O-O 14.Nc4 Rhf8 15.a4 Nh7 16.a5 a6 17.Ne3 Bg5 18.Nd5 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Ng5


20.Qf5 Qe6 21.Qxe6+ fxe6 22.Ne3 Kd7 23.Rxf8 Rxf8 24.Rf1 Ke7 25.Rxf8 Kxf8 26.h4 Nf7 27.d4 Nd8 28.b4 Kf7 29.g4 Kf6 30.Kf2 g6 31.Kf3 Nc6 32.Nc4 Ke7 33.Kf4 Nd8 34.e5 d5 35.Ne3 b6 36.axb6 cxb6 37.g5 h5


38.c4 dxc4 39.Nxc4 Nc6 40.Nxb6 Nxd4 41.Nc8+ Kd7 42.Nd6 Nf5 43.Nxf5 exf5 44.Ke3 Ke6 45.Kd4 f4 46.Ke4 f3 47.Kxf3 Kxe5 48.Ke3 Kf5 49.Kf3 Ke5 50.Ke3 Kd5 51.Kd3 Ke5 52.Ke3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Igor_64 (lichess 2197) - JimWest (lichess 2173), lichess 2/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 c6 12.Qg3 Nbd7 13.Be2 Qe7 14.O-O-O Re8 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.c4 Qf7 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Kb1 Rac8 19.Rc1 Bc6


20.Rc3 Qg6 21.Ka2 h6 22.Be3 Qxg3 23.fxg3 Bd7 24.h3 Rxc3 25.bxc3 Rc8 26.Kb3 a5 27.Rf1 a4+ 28.Kc2 Ne8 29.Bf4 Rc6 30.Bb5 Rxc3+ 31.Kxc3 Bxb5 32.Rb1 Bc6 33.Kb4 Nf6 34.Kc5 g5 35.Be5 Kf7 36.Bxf6 Kxf6


37.g4 Kg6 38.Kd6 h5 39.gxh5+ Kxh5 40.Ke5 g4 41.Kf4 gxh3 42.g3 e3 43.Kxe3 Kg4 44.Kf2 Kf5 45.Kf3 Kg5 46.Rh1 Bd7 47.Re1 Bg4+ 48.Kf2 Bf5 49.Rc1 Be4 50.Ke3, White resigns.