Saturday, May 18, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Lord_of_Flame (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1971), Chess.com 5/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Be2 Bxf5 7.O-O d5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.f3 Nc6 11.fxe4 Bxe4 12.Nc3 Qb6 13.Ngxe4 dxe4 14.Bh5+ Nxh5 15.Qxh5+ g6 16.Qh3 Qxd4+ 17.Be3 Qd7


18.Nxe4 Qxh3 19.Nf6+ Kd8 20.Rad8+ Kc8 21.gxh3 Bg7 22.Nd5 Re8 23.Rf7 Bxb2 24.Rc7+ Kb8 25.Rxh7 a5 26.Bb6 Be5 27.Bc7+ Bxc7 28.Nxc7 Re2 29.Nxa8 Kxa8 30.Ra1 Ne5 31.Rh8+ Ka7 


32.Rf8 a4 33.Rf2 Re3 34.Kg2 a3 35.Rb1 g5 36.Rc2 Nd3 37.Rb3 Ne1+ 38.Kf2 Nxc2 39.Rxe3 Nxe3 40.Kxe3 Kb6 41.Ke4 Kc5 42.Kf5 b5 43.Kxg5 b4


44.h4 b3 45.h5 bxa2 46.h6 a1=Q 47.h7 Qh8 48.Kg6 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2114) - Easymao2 (lichess 2045), lichess 5/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qxg4 Qxd4 10.Ne2 Qxe5 11.Nbc3 Bc5 12.Bf4 Qf6 13.O-O-O h6 14.Rhf1 g5 15.Bxc7 Qe7 16.Bg3 Be3+ 17.Kb1 h5 18.Qf5 h4


19.Bd6 Qe6 20.Qxe6+ fxe6 21.Be5 Rh7 22.Bd4 Bxd4 23.Nxd4 Bd7 24.Nxe4 O-O-O 25.Nf6 Rf7 26.Nxd7 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 Rxd7 28.Nxe6 Re7 29.Nxg5 Re2 30.Rg1 Kd7 31.h3 Ke7 32.Nf3 Re4 33.Re1, Black resigns.