Sunday, June 23, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

pooooooookkkkkkkkkk (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 6/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Nh3 Bxf5 8.Bg5 c6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.f3 Qc7 12.f4 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Nbd7 14.Qe1 h6 15.Bh4 Bxf4 16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 18.hxg3 Rae8 19.Rf4 Nh7


20.Raf1 Ng5 21.Kh2 Ne6 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Kg2 Nxd4 25.Bg4 Nf6 26.Bc8 b6 27.Bb7 Ke7 28.Kf2 Kd6 29.Ne2 Nxc2 30.a3 c5 31.Ba6 Nd4


32.Nc3 h5 33.Ke3 Ne6 34.Nb5+ Ke5, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2102) - Alex83kom (lichess 2147), lichess 6/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Nc5 7.d4 Ne6 8.c3 c5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.Be3 Qb6 13.Qb3 Rb8 14.Qxb6 Rxb6 15.b3 cxd4 16.cxd4 a5 17.Nc3 Ba3 18.Na5 Rb4 19.Bd2 O-O


20.Bxb4 Bxb4 21.Rac1 Ba6 22.Rf2 Rc8 23.Rfc2 Ba3 24.Rd1 g6 25.h4 h6 26.Nh2 Kg7 27.Ng4 c5 28.Nf6 Nxd4 29.Rxd4 cxd4 30.Rxc8 Bxc8 31.Nxd5 Bf5


32.Ndb6 Bb1 33.Nc4 Bb4 34.a3 Be1 35.Kf1 Bxh4 36.Nxa5 d3 37.Nc4 Ba2 38.Nc5 Be7 39.Nxd3 Bxb3 40.Ndb2 Bc5 41.a4 Bb4 42.a5 Kf8 43.a6 Bc2 44.a7 Be4 45.Nb6 Bc5 46.a8=Q+ Bxa8 47.Nxa8 Bd4 48.Nd3 Ke7 49.Nc7 f6


50.Nd5+ Ke6 51.Nxf6 Bxe5 52.Nxe5 Kxf6 53.Nf3 Kf5 54.Kf2 g5 55.Kg3 h5 56.Nd4+ Ke5 57.Ne2 Kf5 58.Kh3 Ke4 59.Ng3+ Kf4 60.Nxh5+ Kf5 61.g4+ Kg6 62.Kg3 Kf7 63.Kf3 Ke6 64.Ke4 Kf7 65.Kf5 Kg8 66.Kxg5 Kh7


67.Ng3 Kg8 68.Kg6 Kh8 69.g5 Kg8 70.Nf5 Kh8 71.Kf7 Kh7 72.g6+ Kh8 73.g7+ Kh7 74.g8=Q#.