Friday, July 12, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/11/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Mullah-J (Chess.com 1916) - JimWest (Chess.com 1893), Chess.com 7/11/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.Be2 Qxb3 10.Nxb3 d5 11.O-O Bb4 12.Nd1 Bd6 13.Ne3 Be6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Bd2 O-O 16.Rac1 Nc6 17.a3 Rac8 18.f3 Ne7


19.fxe4 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Nxe4 21.Bf3 Nxd2 22.Nxd2 Bf4 23.Ndf1 Nf5 24.Rc3 Nxd4 25.Nxd5 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Bxd5 27.Ne3 Bxe3+ 28.Rxe3 Bxf3 29.Re7 Bc6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2158) - stefan7210 (lichess 2144), lichess 7/11/2024

1.e3 d6 2.e4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 Qb6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.O-O O-O 10.f5 b5 11.h3 a5 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Nc5 14.Qc2 d5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Kh1 dxe4 17.dxe4 Rad8 18.Rad1 Rd7


19.Nb3 Nb3 20.Qxb3 Rfd8 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Rd1 Qd8 23.Rxd7 Qxd7 24.Qd1 Qxd1+ 25.Bxd1 Kf8 26.Kg1 Ke7 27.Kf2 Kd6 28.g4 Bd8 29.Bb3 f6 30.a3 c5 31.Bc2 Bb6 32.Ke2 c4


33.g5 Bc5 34.gxf6 gxf6 35.Nh2 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.cxb4 Bxb4 38.Ng4 Ke7 39.Ne3 Ba5 40.Nxc4 Ba6 41.Bd3 Bxc4 42.Bxc4 Bb4 43.Bg8 h6 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Kc4 Bf8 46.b4 Bd6 47.b5 Bb8 48.Bd5 Kd6 49.b6 Ke7 50.Kb5 Kd7


51.Ka6 Bd6 52.Kb7 Bc5 53.Be6+ Kd6 54.Ka6 Bd4 55.Bd5 Be3 56.h4 Kd7 57.h5 Kc8 58.Kb5 Kd7 59.Be6+ Kd6 60.b7 Kc7 61.Bd5 Ba7 62.Ka6 Bd4 63.Be6 Be3 64.Bc8 Bd4 65.Kb5 Ba7 66.Kc4 Kd6


67.Kb5 Bd4 58.b8=Q+, Black resigns.