Saturday, March 23, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1867) - dayandmoon (Chess.com 1880), Chess.com 3/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 g5 7.h4 Be7 8.hxg5 Bxg5 9.g3 Ne3 10.Bxe3 fxe3 11.d4 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 c6 14.Qd3 h6 15.Nc3 Na6 16.a3 Nc7 17.Nd1 Ne6 18.Nxe3 Qb6


19.Nf5 Qxb2 20.O-O Qb6 21.Rfb1 Qc7 22.Rxb7 Qa5 23.Nd6+ Kd8 24.Nxf7+ Kc8 25.Nd6+ Kd8 26.Bg4 Nc5 27.dxc5 Qxc5+ 28.Kg2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ShashasHemanaev (lichess 2096) - JimWest (lichess 2117), lichess 3/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Be2 Bxf5 9.O-O Bd6 10.f3 O-O 11.fxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nc3 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 Qh4


15.Be3 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bg3+ 17.Kg1 Qh2#.