Sunday, July 21, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

WillyBChessin (Chess.com 2037) - JimWest (Chess.com 1899), Chess.com 7/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Nc4 d5 7.Ne5 c6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe8 13.Nxd7 Bxd7 14.c4 Qg6 15.Bh4 Rae8 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Bg3 Bc6 18.Be5 Rc8


19.c4 dxc4 20.Bxc4+ Bd5 21.Bxd5+ Nxd5 22.Qb3 Qf7 23.Rab1 b6 24.h3 Nf6 25.Qxf7+ Rxf7 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Rfe1 Rc2 28.d5 Rfxf2 29.d6 Rxg2+ 30.Kh1 Rh2+ 31.Kg1 Rhg2+ 32.Kh1 Rgd2 33.Rbd1 Rxd1 34.Rxd1 Rc8 35.d7 Rd8


36.Kg1 Kf7 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke3 Rxd7 39.Rxd7+ Kxd7 40.Kxe4 Ke6 41.a4 g5 42.Kd4 h5 43.Kc4 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Kd3 Kd5 46.Ke2 Kc4 47.Kf2 Kb4 48.Kg3 Kxa4 49.Kxg4 Kb3 50.Kf3 a5 51.Ke3 a4 52.Kd3 a3 53.Kd2 a2 54.Kd3 a1=Q


55.Ke2 Qc3 56.Kf2 Qd3 57.Kg2 Qe3 58.Kh2 Qf3 59.Kg1 Qe2 60.Kh1 Kc3 61.Kg1 b5 62.Kh1 b4 63.Kg1 b3 64.Kh1 b2 65.Kg1 b1=Q#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2112) - mokalm (lichess 2052), lichess 7/20/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nf2 13.Kxf2 Bc5+ 14.Kg2 Qg6 15.Kh1 Bh3 16.Bf1 Bg4 17.Bg2 O-O 18.Nc3 c6 19.Bf4 f6


20.Bg3 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxd1 22.Nxg6 Rf6 23.Ne5 Bxc2 24.Nd7 Be7 25.Nxf6+ Bxf6 26.Rc1 Bg6 27.b3 Re8 28.Nxd5, draw.