Saturday, June 29, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1907) - Trabizontsi (Chess.com 1894), Chess.com 6/28/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.a4 a6 10.Na3 Bxa3 11.Rxa3 d5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.exd5 Qxe2+ 15.Kxe2 Nxd5 16.Kf2 O-O-O 17.d4 f5 18.Re1 Rde8 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8


20.Bd2 Nf6 21.Bf4 Ne4+ 22.Kg1 g5 23.Be5 h5 24.Ra1 Nd6 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.Kf2 f4 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Kxe1 d5 29.Kf2 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Kf3 Kd7


32.h4 Ke6 33.hxg5 Kf5 34.g6 Kxg6 35.Kxf4 Kf6 36.b4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

alipishahang (lichess 2003) - JimWest (lichess 2123), lichess 6/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Be2 Bb4 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Qxe5 13.Rb1 Qg5 14.f3 Bh3 15.g3 Bxf1 16.Qxf1 exf3 17.Bxf3 Qe3+ 18.Kg2 Ng6


19.Re1 Qxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Rxf3 21.Kxf3 Nd7 22.Kg2 Rf8 23.Nd4 Nc5 24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.Rxe6 Kf7 26.Re2 Re8 27.Rxe8 Kxe8 28.Kf3 Ne5+ 29.Ke2 Nc4 30.Bc1 Kd7 31.Kd3 b5 32.Kd4 Nd6 33.Ke5 Ne4 34.Bb2 Nd2 35.Kf5 Ke7 36.g4 Kf7


37.h4 g6+ 38.Kf4 Nc4 39.Bc1 Kf6 40.g5+ Ke6 41.Kg4 a5 42.Kf4 a4 43.Kg4 Ke5 44.h5 Ke4 45.h6 Ne3+ 46.Kg3 Nxc2 47.Kg4 d4 48.cxd4 Nxd4 49.Bb2 c5 50.Kg3 b4 51.axb4 cxb4 52.Kf2 a3 53.Ba1 b3 54.Ke1 b2


55.Kd2 bxa1=Q, stalemate.