Tuesday, May 7, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/6/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1958) - leon2424 (Chess.com 1875), Chess.com 5/6/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 exf4 8.Bxf4 d5 9.e5 Nd4 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.Be3 Nf5 12.Bc1 O-O-O 13.O-O Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Kb8 15.c3 Rhe8 16.d4 Bd6 17.Bg4 Qh4


18.Bh3 Ng3+ 19.Kg1 Nxf1 20.Kxf1 Bxh2 21.Nd2 Bg3 22.Nf3 Qf6 23.Bg5 Qd6 24.Bxd8 Qxd8 25.Qd3 Qf6 26.Qf5 Qe7 27.Ne5 Bh4 28.Kg1 f6 29.Nd7+ Ka8 30.Rf1 g6 31.Qf3 Qd6 32.Nc5 f5 33.Nd3 Bg3


34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.dxe5 Qxe5 36.Qf4 c6 37.Qxe5 Rxe5 38.Kf2 Kb8 39.Re1 Rxe1 40.Kxe1 Kc7 41.Ke2 Kd6 42.Ke3 Ke5 43.g3 g5 44.a3 b6 45.Bf1 h5 46.Be2, Black forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZVIAD64 (lichess 2169) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 5/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 f5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Ba4 O-O 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.a3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nd5 16.g3 Nxc3 17.Bb3 Bxb3 18.cxb3 Nf7


19.Bb2 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Nd5 21.Rxe4 Rae8 22.e6 Re7 23.a4 Rfe8 24.Rg4 g6 25.h4 Rxe6 26.h5 Nf6 27.Bxf6 Rxf6 28.Rd1 Re7 29.h6 Rfe6 30.Rd8+ Re8 31.Rd7 R6e7 32.Rgd4 Kf7 33.Kf2 Rxd7 34.Rxd7+ Re7


35.Rd8 g5 36.Kf3 Re6 37.Rd7+ Re7 38.Rd8 Re6 39.Rd7+ Re7 40.Rd8, draw.