Monday, May 20, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

CloudsAreBeautiful (Chess.com 1864) - JimWest (Chess.com 1962), Chess.com 5/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.a3 Bc5 7.Nc3 c6 8.f4 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qd1 O-O 11.g3 h6 12.Nh3 Nf5


13.Qe2 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nf3+ 15.Ke2 Bg4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2122) - gali_ahmetov (lichess 2197), lichess 5/19/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f5 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nf3 g6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.g4 gxf5 12.gxf5 Kh7 13.Qd2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.c3 Bb6 16.Be2 Qh4+ 17.Kd1 Rg8 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Bf3 Bd7


20.Kc2 Rg7 21.a3 Rag8 22.Raf1 f6 23.Kb1 Be8 24.Qf2 Qh3 25.Qe2 Rg5 26.d4 Bh5 27.Bxh5 Qxh5 28.Qxh5 Rxh5 29.dxe5 fxe5 30.Rf2 Rg4


31.f6 Kg8 32.f7+ Kf8 33.Rf6 Rxe4 34.Rhf1 Rg4 35.R1f2 Rg1+ 36.Ka2 d5 37.Re6 Rg7 38.Re8#.