Tuesday, May 28, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/27/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

gayake (Chess.com 1847) - JimWest (Chess.com 1868), Chess.com 5/27/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Qf6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nd7 9.Bxg8 Rxg8 10.Qb3 Rh8 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qxc6 Be7 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qxf6 gxf6 15.h3 Be6 16.Rd1 Kf7 17.Kh2 Nc5


18.Nb3 Nxe4 19.Kg1 Rhg8 20.Kf1 Bc4+ 21.Kg1 Be2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2096) - jcfg1966 (lichess 1994), lichess 5/27/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 a6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 b5 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Qd6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.O-O-O Be3 15.Kb1 Na5 16.g4 c5 17.h4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.g5 Qb6


20.Nxc4 Qc6 21.Nxe3 Qxe4 22.Nd2 Qxe3 23.Rhe1 Qf4 24.f5 g6 25.Ne4 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxa8 27.Nxc5 Bf3 28.Qf2 Qf5+ 29.Ka1 e4 30.a3 Qg4 31.Nxa6 Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Bxd1 33.Qd4 h5 34.Qd8+ Kh7 35.Qf8, Black resigns.