Saturday, June 22, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/21/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ninokabigting (Chess.com 1743) - JimWest (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 6/21/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O f4 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Ng5 Qxb3 10.Nxb3 h6 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nbd7 14.d4 O-O 15.Bd2 g5 16.a4 h5 17.a5 g4 18.hxg4 hxg4 19.Be2 a6


20.Bc4+ Kg7 21.Be6 Rh8 22.Bxf4 exf4 23.e5 dxe5 24.dxe5 Nxe5 25.Rfe1 Rh5 26.Nd4 Rah8 27.Kf1 f3 28.gxf3 gxf3 29.Nf5+ Rxf5 30.Bxf5 Rh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2096) - ZVIAD64 (lichess 2140), lichess 6/21/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 h6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Na3 Qe7 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.h3 dxe4 13.dxe4 Bf2+ 14.Kf1 Ne3+ 15.Bxe3 Bxe3 16.Nc4 Ba7 17.g4 O-O 18.Kg2 Rad8 19.Rad1 Bc8


20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rd1 Rxd1 22.Qxd1 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Qd5 Bd7 25.Ncxe5 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Be8 27.Bxb5 Bxb5 28.Qxb5 Bb6 29.Qd5 Kf8 30.Qa8+ Qe8 31.Nd7+ Ke7 32.Qxe8+ Kxe8 33.Nxb6 cxb6


34.e5 Kd7 35.Kf3 Kc6 36.Ke4 Kd7 37.c4 Ke7 38.b4 Kd7 39.h4 Ke7 40.Kd5 Kd7 41.c5 b5 42.e6+ fxe6+ 43.fxe6+ Ke7 44.Ke5 g6 45.h5 gxh5 46.gxh5, Black resigns.