Friday, July 19, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/18/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kodfish (Chess.com 1903) - JimWest (Chess.com 1941), Chess.com 7/18/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.O-O Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Qc7


10.Ne4 d5 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.Bh4 O-O, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2170) - tr-u (lichess 2078), lichess 7/18/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O Nf6 8.c3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 d5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.exd5 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.d4 O-O-O 15.a4 f6 16.Na3 Bd6 17.Nc4 g5 18.Nxd6+ Rxd6 19.Bd2 Rf8


20.Rae1 Nb6 21.b3 a5 22.Rf5 Rd5 23.Rxd5 Nxd5 24.c4 Nb6 25.Bxa5 Nd7 26.Bb4 Rh8 27.Bc3 h5 28.d5 Kd8 29.h3 Rf8 30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Rh8 32.Kg2 Rh4 33.Kg3 Rh6 34.Rf1 Ke7 


35.Bd4 c5 36.dxc6 bxc6 37.b4 Ne5 38.Bxe5 fxe5 39.Rf5 Ke6 40.Rxg5 Kf6 41.Rf5+ Ke6 42.b5 cxb5 43.axb5 Rh7 44.Rh5 Rc7 45.Rh6+ Kd7 46.Rh7+ Kd6 47.Rxc7 Kxc7


48.Kf3 Kd6 49.Ke4 Ke6 50.g5 Kd6 51.g6 Kc5, Black resigns.