Saturday, June 1, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/31/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Zune2 (Chess.com 1784) - JimWest (Chess.com 1825), Chess.com 5/31/2024

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.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O c6 11.f3 Qa5 12.Kb1 Be6 13.Qe3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nbd7 15.f4 Rae8 16.h3 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Nd7 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Bd2 b5


20.c4 b4 21.c5 Rb8 22.Ka1 Qc7 23.Bg5 Rbe8 24.Be2 a5 25.Rhf1 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Nf8 27.Bh5 Rb8 28.Be7 Qxe7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2101) - dmi_dek (lichess 2057), lichess 5/31/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 exf4 6.Bxf4 O-O 7.Be2 d6 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qd2 h6 11.O-O-O a6 12.Kb1 b5 13.g4 Bg6 14.g5 hxg5 15.Bxg5 Bb4


16.a3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Rb8 18.Qxc6 b4 19.axb4 Rxb4 20.Qc3 Qb8 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Nh4 Qb6 23.Nxg6 fxg6 24.d4 Rb8 25.Bc4+ Kg7 26.b3 a5 27.Kc1 a4 28.e5 dxe5 29.dxe5 axb3 30.exf6+ Kh6 31.Bxb3 Qa5


32.Rd5 Qa3+ 33.Qb2 Qa7 34.Qc3 Qa3+ 35.Kd2 Rf4 36.Qe3 g5 37.h4 Qb4+ 38.c3 Kg6 39.Rxg5+ Kh6 40.cxb4, Black resigns.