Tuesday, July 2, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/1/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

MightyJoe001 (Chess.com 1842) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 7/1/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Qg4 Kh7 12.Qh5 Kg8 13.Qg4 Rxf7 14.exf7+ Qxf7


15.Qf4 Qxf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2135) - ThisWasATerribleDay (lichess 2059), lichess 7/1/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O e5 8.c3 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nh5 10.Be3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.d4 h6 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Re1 Qd7 15.Bb5 a6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qd1 Bg4 18.Nbd2 Rae8 19.Bf2 Nf4


20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Qf1 Re2 22.Re1 Qe7 23.Rxe2 Qxe2 24.Qxe2 Nxe2+ 25.Kf1 Nf4 26.Bg3 Nd5 27.Kf2 Kg8 28.a3 a5 29.c4 Nb6 30.b3 Kf7 31.h3 Bc8 32.c5 Nd7 33.cxd6 cxd6 


34.Bxd6 Ke6 35.Bc7 c5 36.dxc5 Nxc5 37.Bxa5 Bb7 38.b4 Nd3+ 39.Ke3 Ne5 40.Nxe5 Bxe5 41.Nf3 Bb8 42.Bb6 g5 43.g4 Bc6 44.Bc5 Bd6 45.Nd4+ Kd5 46.Bxd6 Kxd6 47.Nxc6 Kxc6, Black resigns.