Saturday, May 25, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/24/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1936) - dogwoodfish (Chess.com 1868), Chess.com 5/24/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Be2 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.Na3 exf4 10.Bxf4 h6 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.d4 g5 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.O-O Nce5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Nc4 exd4 18.Nxb6 cxb6 19.cxd4 O-O


20.Bc3 Rac8 21.Rae1 Bh5 22.e5 Bg6 23.Qb3 Qe6 24.d5 Qg4 25.d6 Qc4 26.Qxc4 Rxc4 27.d7 Rd8 28.e6 fxe6 29.Rxe6 Bf7 30.Re7 Bg6 31.Rg7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pretty_night (lichess 2022) - JimWest (lichess 2102), lichess 5/24/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nbd7 13.Bf4 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 b5 15.a4 a6 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Bxb5 Bb7 18.Be2 Qc8 19.Ra3 Qc6


20.Qa1 Nd7 21.Bg3 Rf6 22.Qa2 Nf8 23.c4 Kh8 24.cxd5 Qxd5 25.Qxd5 Bxd5 26.c4 Bb7 27.Rb1 Rf7 28.d5 Rd7 29.Rab3 Bc8 30.Bg4 Rd8 31.Bxc8 Raxc8 32.Rb4 Nd7 33.h3 Kg8 34.Ra1 Nc5


35.Be5 Nd3 36.Rb7 Nxe5 37.Rxa6 Rd7 38.Rxd7 Nxd7 39.Ra7 Nf6 40.Ra4 Kf7 41.Kf1 Kg6 42.Ke2 Kf5 43.Ke3 Ke5 44.f4+ exf3 45.gxf3 g5 46.Rb4 h5 47.Ra4 h4 48.Rb4 Nh5 49.Ra4 Nf4

50.Ra7 Rxc4 51.Rg7 Kf6 52.Rd7 Nxh3 53.d6 Ke6 54.Rd8 Nf4 55.Rg8 Rc5 56.Rd8 Rd5 57.Rg8 Kxd6 58.Ke4 Re5+ 59.Kd4 Ne6+ 60.Kc4 Rf5 61.Ra8 Rf4+ 62.Kd3 Rxf3+ 63.Ke4 Rf4+ 64.Ke3 Ke5 65.Ra5+ Kf6


66.Ra6 h3 67.Ra1 Rh4 68.Rf1+ Kg6 69.Rg1 h2 70.Rh1 Nf4 71.Kf3 Kf5 72.Kg3 Rh3+ 73.Kf2 g4 74.Kf1 g3, White resigns.