Sunday, May 12, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

oliverjb123 (Chess.com 1923) - JimWest (Chess.com 1958), Chess.com 5/11/2024

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.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nbd7 14.f4 h6 15.Bh4 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Nh7 17.c4 Be6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rc1 Rc8


20.Qd2 Qd7 21.Rxf8+ Nxf8 22.Bg3 Ng6 23.Bh5 Ne7 24.Bf4 Bg4 25.Bxg4 Qxg4 26.h3 Qe6 27.Qb4 Ng6 28.Be3 b6 29.c3 a5 30.Qb2 Nh4 31.Qf2 Nf5 32.g4 Nxe3 33.Qxe3 g5


34.Rf1 Rf8 35.Rb1 Rf3 36.Qe2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2135) - Mihail8824 (lichess 2000), lichess 5/11/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 exf4 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.c3 d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.Rf1 b5 10.Bg5 a6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Kf2 d5 13.Kg1 dxe4 14.dxe4 Qxd1 15.Bxd1 Kg7 16.Bf3 Ne5 17.Nd2 Bb7 18.Nb3 Rad8


19.Nd4 Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Kh8 21.Kh1 c5 22.Nb3 c4 23.Na5 Ba8 24.Rad1 Rfe8 25.b3 cxb3 26.Nxb3 Kg7 27.Nd4 Rc8 28.Nf5+ Kf8 29.Nd6 Rxc3 30.Nxe8 Kxe8 31.Rc1 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 Kd7


33.Kg2 Ke6 34.Rc8 Bb7 35.Rh8 f5 36.exf5+ Kxf5 37.Rxh7 f6 38.Rxb7, Black resigns.