Saturday, May 4, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1946) - Kodfish (Chess.com 1813), Chess.com 5/3/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.Be2 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qe7 8.f5 O-O 9.Bg5 Rd8 10.Nd5 Qf8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bd3 Be7 13.Qg4+ Kh8 14.O-O-O Nb4 15.Bc4 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 c6 17.Bb3 Bd7 18.Ne2 c5 19.Qh5 Be8


20.Bd5 Rab8 21.Rd3 Qg7 22.Rg3 Qf8 23.Rf1 b5 24.Rff3 c4 25.Rh3 h6 26.Rfg3 Kh7 27.Rg4 a5 28.Rhg3 Bc5 29.Kb1 Bf2 30.Rg8 Qxg8 31.Rxg8 Kxg8


32.Qxh6 Rd7 33.Qxf6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

AMIR40000 (lichess 2095) - JimWest (lichess 2134), lichess 5/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O Nf6 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.cxd5 Bxc3 11.bxc3 cxd5 12.Qa4+ Nc6 13.Qa3 Qe7 14.Qxe7+ Nxe7 15.Ba3 Nc6 16.Nb3 O-O-O 17.Nc5 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Rfd1 Kb8


20.Rac1 Re8 21.Bb5 Re6 22.c4 dxc4 23.d5 Bg4 24.dxe6 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bxd1 26.f3 exf3 27.e7 f2+ 28.Kxf2 Bh5 29.Bxc4 Be8 30.Bd6+ Ka8 31.Ke3 b6 32.Ba6 Na5 33.Kd4 Nb7 34.Bc7 Nc5 35.Bc4 Kb7 36.Be5 g6


37.Bd5+ Kc8 38.Bg8 h5 39.h4 Kd7 40.Bf6 a5 41.Bc4 Ne6+ 42.Ke5 Nc7 43.a4 Kc6 44.Kd4 b5 45.axb5+ Nxb5+ 46.Bxb5+ Kxb5 47.Kd5 Kb6 48.Kd6 Kb7 49.Bd4 a4, White forfeits.