Thursday, April 25, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

n123zx (Chess.com 1952) - JimWest (Chess.com 1949), Chess.com 4/24/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 Bf5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Qxd8+ Rxd8 11.Bf4 h6 12.Nh3 Rd7 13.Bd2 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Kd8 16.Bd2 Kc8 17.O-O-O Ne5 18.Bc3 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Nf3


20.a3 g5 21.Rd5 Re8 22.Bg7 Re6 23.Kd1 c6 24.Rf5 Kd7 25.Rf7+ Kc8 26.Rf8+ Kc7 27.Rh8 Nxh2 28.Rxh6 Rxh6 29.Bxh6 Nf3 30.Ke2 Kd6 31.Ke3 Kd5 32.b3 b5 33.c3 a5 34.b4 a4


35.Bg7 Ng1 36.Bf6 Nxh3 37.f3 exf3 38.Kxf3 Kc4 39.Kg4 Nf2+ 40.Kxg5 Ne4+ 41.Kf5 Nxf6 42.Kxf6 Kxc3 43.Ke5 Kb3 44.Kd4 Kxa3 45.Kc3 Ka2 46.Kc2 a3 47.Kc1 Kb3 48.Kb1 Kxb4


49.Ka2 Ka4 50.Ka1 b4 51.Ka2 b3+ 52.Ka1 c5 53.Kb1 c4 54.Ka1 c3 55.Kb1 a2+ 56.Ka1 c2 57.Kb2 a1=Q+ 58.Kxa1 c1=Q#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2167) - Hidroxer17 (lichess 2017), lichess 4/24/2024

1.e3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.a4 e5 12.f5 c6 13.Bg5 Qb6+ 14.Qf2 Qxf2+ 15.Rxf2 Ng4 16.Rf1 f6 17.Bd2 g5 18.h3 Nh6 19.g4 d5


20.Be3 Nf7 21.Nd2 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 b6 23.a5 d4 24.cxd4 exd4 25.Bf2 Ne5 26.axb6 Nxd3 27.Rxa7 Nxf2 28.Kxf2 Rxa7 29.bxa7 Ra8 30.Ra1 Bf8 31.Ra6 Bc5 32.Rxc6 Bxa7 33.Rxf6 d3+ 34.Kf3 Bd4 35.Rd6 Bxb2 36.Rxd3 Bc1


37.Nc4 Rc8 38.Ne3 Ra8 39.e5 Ra2 40.e6 Kf8 41.f6 Rh2 42.Rd8#.