Sunday, May 26, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/25/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

tahsinsonmez (Chess.com 1754) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 5/25/2024

1.e4 e5 2.c4 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.h3 a5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.O-O f4 11.a3 Na6 12.Rb1 g5 13.Nh2 Kh8 14.Bg4 Bxg4 15.Qxg4 Nc5 16.Rfd1 Qc8 17.Qh5 Qe8 18.Qxe8 Rfxe8 19.f3 h5


20.Nf1 a4 21.Na2 Nb3 22.Kf2 Nd4 23.Nc3 Kg7 24.Nd2 Kf7 25.Rh1 Rh8 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 b5 28.Kg2 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Rh8 30.Rxh8 Bxh8 31.cxb5 cxb5 32.Nd5 Ke6 33.Nb1 Bf6 34.Nbc3 Bd8 35.Kf2 Ba5


36.Kg2 Bxc3 37.bxc3 Nc2 38.Nc7+ Kd7 39.Nxb5 Kc6 40.c4 Kc5 41.Kf2 Nd4 42.Nc3 Nc2 43.Nxa4+ Kd4 44.Ke2 Nxa3 45.Nb6 Nc2 46.Nc8 Kc5 47.Kd2 Nd4 48.Ne7 Nxf3+ 49.Ke2 Nh2 50.Nf5 Nxg4


51.Kf3 Ne3 52.Nxe3 fxe3 53.Kxe3 g4 54.d4+ exd4+ 55.Kf4 Kxc4 56.Kxg4 d3 57.Kf3 Kd4 58.e5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2110) - tu_law007 (lichess 2087), lichess 5/25/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 O-O 11.f5 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.dxe4 c6 14.Nd2 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Rad8 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ Bxd8


20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Qd3 h6 22.Qd6 Qxd6 23.Nxd6 b5 24.b3 Be7 25.Nc8 Bc5 26.b4 Be3 27.Ne7+ Kf8 28.Nxc6 f6 29.g4 Ke8 30.Kg2 Kd7 31.Kf3 Bg1 32.Kg2 Bb6 33.Na5 Kc7 34.Nb3 Kd6 35.h4 Kc6


36.Kf3 Kd7 37.g5 hxg5 38.hxg5 fxg5 39.Kg4 Be3 40.Nc5+ Ke7 41.Ne6 g6 42.Nc7 gxf5+ 43.Kxf5 a6 44.Nd5+ Kd6 45.Nxe3, Black resigns.