Friday, June 21, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

PoulosJ (Chess.com 1766) - JimWest (Chess.com 1927), Chess.com 6/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.d4 e4 10.Nh4 Bc8 11.g4 d5 12.Ng2 Bd6 13.Ne3 Qc7 14.Ng2 Be6 15.f4 exf3 16.Bxf3 Nbd7 17.Qd3 Rae8 18.Ne2 Kh8 19.Be3 Nb6


20.b3 a5 21.Rae1 a4 22.Nef4 Bf7 23.Bd2 axb3 24.axb3 g5 25.Ne2 h6 26.Ba5 Ra8 27.b4 Kg7 28.Rc1 Bg6 29.Qb3 Ne4 30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.c4 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 Rxa5 33.bxa5 Nxc4


34.Qc2 Bxc2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2084) - ZVIAD64 (lichess 2129), lichess 6/20/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Be2 Ba7 8.a4 Qe7 9.Na3 O-O 10.f5 Ng4 11.Qc2 Bf2+ 12.Kf1 Qf6 13.h3 Ne3+ 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.Nc4 Ba7 16.a5 Rd8 17.g4 h6 18.Kg2 Ne7


19.h4 Ng6 20.fxg6 Bxg4 21.gxf7+ Qxf7 22.Raf1 Qg6 23.Kh2 Rf8 24.Ncxe5 dxe5 25.Nxe5 Qh5 26.Nxg4 Rxf1 27.Rxf1 Qxh4+ 28.Kg2 h5 29.Qb3+ Kh8 30.Rh1 Qg5 31.Qf7 g6 32.Qf6+ Qxf6 33.Nxf6 Rf8 34.e5 Be3 35.d4 c5


36.dxc5 Bf4 37.Bxh5 Kg7 38.Bf3 Bxe5 39.Nd7 Rf5 40.Nxe5 Rxe5 41.b4 Re3 42.Bxb7 Rxc3 43.Bxa6 Rb3 44.b5 Ra3 45.c6 Rxa5 46.c7 Ra2+ 47.Kf3 Rc2 48.c8=Q, Black resigns.