Friday, April 26, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1954) - Athena0029 (Chess.com 1824), Chess.com 4/25/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Be7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Ne2 Bh4+ 9.g3 Bg5 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 Ne3 12.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 13.Kg2 Bg4 14.Nd2 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 Nxe5 16.Bb3 Bf3+ 17.Kg1 Bg4 18.Qe3 Bh3 19.Rf4 Ng6


20.Rxe4 Re8 21.Nf4, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

MasterPiece6000 (lichess 2052) - JimWest (lichess 2166), lichess 4/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.h3 Bb4 9.Bg5 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 c6 12.Be2 Qe8 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.f4 h6 15.Bh4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 e3 17.Qxe4 Ne4 18.O-O Be6 19.Rab1 b5


20.Kh2 Qd7 21.g4 a5 22.Bf3 Qa7 23.Qxa7 Rxa7 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.f5 Bd5 26.e6 g5 27.Bg3 Re8 28.Bd6 Rh7 29.Kg3 h5 30.a4 h4+ 31.Kf2 bxa4 32.Ra1 Rb7 33.Rfb1 Rxb1 34.Rxb1 a3 35.Bxa3 a4 36.Ke3 Kg7


37.Rb4 Kf6 38.Kd4 Rc8 39.Rxa4 Rb8 40.Bb4 e3 41.Kxe3 Bg2 42.c4 Bxh3 43.Bc3+ Ke7 44.Ra7+ Kd6 45.Rd7+ Kc5 46.Bd4+ Kxc4 47.e7 Re8 48.f6 Bxg4 49.Rd8 Bh5 50.Rxe8 Bxe8


51.Be5 Kd5 52.Bb2 h3 53.Kf3 g4+ 54.Kg3 Ke4 55.Bc1 Kf5 56.Bb2 c5 57.c4 Ke4 58.Kxg4 h2 59.Ba3 h1=Q 60.Bxc5 Qg2+ 61.Kh4, White resigns.