Monday, May 13, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/12/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1955) - herrygunarto (Chess.com 1801), Chess.com 5/12/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 d6 7.Nf3 h6 8.h3 a6 9.Be2 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qd2 Be6 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 O-O 14.O-O c6 15.a4 Nh7 16.a5 Qd7 17.Na4 Rad8 18.Nb6 Qc7 19.d4 Ng5


20.h4 Nh7 21.d5 cxd5 22.exd5 Bc8 23.Bd3 Rde8 24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Qd3+ Kg8 26.b4 Qe7 27.Qg3 Qe3+ 28.Qxe3 Rxe3 29.c4 Bg4 30.Rf4 h5 31.c5 dxc5 32.bxc5 Rfe8 33.d6 Rd3 34.Raf1 f6


35.Nc4 Re2 36.R4f2 Rxf2 37.Rxf2 Rc3 38.Rf4 Bd7 39.Nb6 Bc6 40.Rd4 Rxc5 41.d7 Bxd7 42.Rxd7 Rxa5 43.Rxb7 Rb5 44.Rb8+ Kh7 45.Nd7 Rd5 46.Nf8+ Kh6 47.Ne6 Re5 48.Rh8+ Kg6 49.Nf4+ Kf7 50.Nxh5 Re4 51.Ng3 Rg4 52.Kh2 Ke6 53.Kg3 Ra4


54.Ra8 f5 55.h5 Kf6 56.Rf8+ Kg5 57.Rxf5+ Kh6 58.Rc5 Ra3 59.Rc6+ Kh7 60.Rc7 a5 61.Ra7 Kh6 62.Ra6+ Kh7 63.Kh4 Ra2 64.Kh3 a4 65.Nf5 a3 66.Ra7 Ra1 67.Rxg7+ Kh8 68.Ra7 a2 69.Kg3 Rh1 70.Rxa2 Rxh5


71.Kg4 Rh2 72.Ra8+ Kh7 73.g3 Rb2 74.Kg5 Rb5 75.g4 Rc5 76.Ra7+ Kh8 77.Kg6 Rc6+ 78.Kh5 Rc5 79.Kh4 Rb5 80.Nd6 Rd5 81.Nf7+ Kg8 82.Ng5 Kh8 83.Kh5 Rb5 84.Ra6 Kg7 85.Rg6+ Kf8 86.Kh6 Rb1 87.Nh7+ Kf7 88.Rg7+ Ke6 89.g5 Kf5 90.Rf7+ Ke6 91.Rf6+ Ke7


92.Kg6 Rg1 93.Ra6 Rb1 94.Nf6 Rg1 95.Ra7+ Ke6 96.Nh7 Rg2 97.Kg7 Rg1 98.g6 Rg2 99.Ra6+ Ke7 100.Rf6 Rh2 101.Rf1 Ra2 102.Ng5 Ra7 103.Rf7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

marifinhafanuddin (lichess 2190) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 5/12/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Be2 Bxe6 12.Ne5 Qxh5 13.Bxh5 Nbc6 14.Nxc6 Nxc6 15.O-O Nd4 16.Na3 c6 17.c3 Nf5 18.Bg4 Rae8 19.Nc2 Nd6


20.Bxe6+ Rxe6 21.Nd4 Ref6 22.b4 Nf5 23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.Rae1 b5 25.Re3 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Ra8 28.Re2 Ra3 29.Rc2 Kf7 30.Rd1 Ke6 31.h3 h5 32.Re1 h4 33.Re3 g5 34.g3 Ke5 35.Kg2 hxg3 36.fxg3 Rf8 37.h4 gxh4 38.gxh4 Rg8+ 39.Kh2 Ra1


40.Rg2 Rxg2+ 41.Kxg2 d4 42.cxd4+ Kxd4 43.Rh3 Ra2+ 44.Kf1 e3 45.h5 Kd3 46.h6 Ra1+ 47.Kg2 Ra8 48.h7 Rh8 49.Kf1 Kc4 50.Ke2 Kxb4 51.Kxe3 c5 52.Kd3 c4+ 53.Kc2 Kc5 54.Rh5+ Kc6


55.Kc3 Kd6 56.Kb4 Ke7 57.Kxb5 c3 58.Rh2 Kf7 59.Kb4 Kg7 60.Kxc3 Rxh7 61.Rxh7+ Kxh7, draw.