Sunday, June 30, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/29/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1911) - eureka444 (Chess.com 1717), Chess.com 6/29/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 exf4 6.Bxf4 O-O 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 Bh5 12.O-O Bg6 13.Bd3 Re8 14.Qc2 d5 15.e5 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nh7 17.Kh1 Ne7 18.Rae1 Nf8 19.Bh2 Ne6


20.b4 c6 21.Nb3 Rf8 22.a4 Bc7 23.a5 a6 24.Nc5 b6 25.axb6 Bxb6 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Ra1 a5 28.bxa5 Rxa5 29.Rxa5 Bxa5 30.Ra1 Qb6 31.Rb1 Qa7 32.g4 c5 33.Kg2 c4 34.Qc2 Rb8 35.Rxb8+ Qxb8


36.Nd2 g6 37.Bg3 Kg7 38.h4 Qf8 39.Nf3 Nc8 40.Be1 Qf4 41.Nh2 Ne7 42.Bd2 Qf8 43.Qa4 Bd8 44.Qd7 Kf7 45.Bc1 h5 46.Ba3 Qe8 47.Qxe8+ Kxe8 48.gxh5 gxh5 49.Nf3 Ng6 50.Kg3 Kf7 51.Bc1 Be7 52.Ng5+ Bxg5 53.Bxg5 Nf8


54.Kf3 Nd7 55.Ke3 Nb6 56.Kd2 Kg6 57.Kc2 Kf5 58.Kb2 Ke4 59.Ka3 Kd3 60.Kb4 Nd7 61.Be7 Nb6 62.Kb5 Nc8 63.Bb4 Ke4 64.Kc6 Na7+ 65.Kd6 Nb5+ 66.Kxe6 Kd3 67.Kxd5 Nxc3+ 68.Bxc3 Kxc3


69.e6 Kd3 70.e7 c3 71.e8=Q c2 72.Qg6+ Kd2 73.Qxc2+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

CikaSrecko (lichess 2048) - JimWest (lichess 2118), lichess 6/29/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 a5 7.a4 Na6 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.d5 cxd5 12.exd5 Be7 13.Ba2 O-O-O 14.Rd1 g5 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Nc5 17.Qc2 e4 18.h3 Bd7 19.Ne1 Bxa4


20.b3 Bd7 21.Bb1 Kb8 22.Bb2 Bf6 23.b4 axb4 24.cxb4 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Na4 26.Qd4 Rde8 27.Bxe4 Qc3 28.Nf3 Qxd4 29.Rxd4 Nc3 30.Bd3 Ne2+ 31.Bxe2 Rxe2 32.Re1 Re1+ 33.Nxe1 Rc8


34.Nf3 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Rc2 36.Nxg5 Rxf2 37.Kg1 Rb2 38.Rxf4 h6 39.Nf7 Kc7 40.Rc4+ Kb6 41.Nxd6 Bb5 42.Rh4 Bd3 43.Nc4+ Bxc4 44.Rxc4 Kb5 45.Rc7 b6 46.Rc6 Rxb4 47.Rxh6 Rd4 48.Rd6 Kc5 49.Rd8 b5


50.g4 b4 51.Rb8 Rxd5 52.Kg2 Kc4 53.Rc8+ Rc5 54.Rb8 b3 55.Re8 b2 56.Re1 Kb3 57.Rb1 Ka2 58.Rxb2+ Kxb2 59.Kg3 Kc3 60.g5 Rxg5+, White resigns.