Tuesday, June 18, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/17/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Cesilia (Chess.com 1890) - JimWest (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 6/17/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Bd3 fxe4 7.Bxe4 d5 8.dxe5 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Ng5 Ke8 11.Nxe4 Nbc6 12.f4 Bf5 13.Nbd2 Rf8 14.g3 Kf7 15.c3 Kg8 16.O-O Rad8 17.Rae1 h5 18.Nf3 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 g6


20.Ng5 Rd2 21.Rf2 Rxf2 22.Kxf2 Rd8 23.Ke2 a5 24.b3 b6 25.Ne6 Rc8 26.Nd4 Nxd4+ 27.cxd4 Nd5 28.Kd3 Kf8 29.Kc4 c6 30.a3 Ke7 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Ra8


33.Re2 Ra1 34.Rb2 Rc1+ 35.Kd3 b5 36.Ke2 Rc4 37.Ra2 Nc3+, White resigns.

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Philidoe Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2070) - kkpraveenkumar (lichess 2090), lichess 6/17/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 d5 10.Qc2 dxe4 11.dxe4 h6 12.a4 a5 13.Na3 Nh7 14.Nc4 Ng5 15.h4 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Qf6 17.Be3 Bxe3 18.Nxe3 Rad8 19.Nd5 Qd6


20.O-O-O Qc5 21.f6 g6 22.h5 g5 23.Rhg1 Rxd5 24.exd5 Nd8 25.Qd2 Kh7 26.Qd3+ Kh8 27.Qf5 Qe3+ 28.Kb1 c6 29.Rge1 Qf4 30.Rxe5 cxd5 31.Qxf4 gxf4 32.Rexd5 Ne6 33.Rxa5 Rc8 34.Rd7 Nc5 35.Rxf7 Nb3


36.Rb5 Nd2+ 37.Kc2 Nxf3 38.Rbxb7 Nd4+ 39.Kb1 Nf5 40.a5 f3 41.Rfd7 f2 42.Rd1 Ne3 43.Rh1 f1=Q+ 44.Rxf1 Nxf1 45.a6 Nd2+ 46.Kc2 Nf3 47.a7 Nd4+ 48.Kd3 Nc6 49.Ke4 Ra8 50.Kf5 Rxa7 51.Rxa7 Nxa7


52.Kg6 Kg8 53.Kxh6 Kf7 54.Kg5 Nb5 55.h6 Nc7 56.h7 Ne6+ 57.Kf5 Ng7+ 58.fxg7 Kxg7 59.b4, Black resigns.