Friday, July 5, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/4/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

KShan03 (Chess.com 1723) - JimWest (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 7/4/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Nh6 7.d4 Qf6 8.g3 g5 9.b4 Bh3 10.Re1 Nd7 11.b5 c5 12.Nbd2 O-O-O 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.Bf1 Bxf1 15.Rxf1 Be7 16.a4 g4 17.a5 Nd7 18.Nh4 Qf7 19.Ng2 f3


20.Ne3 Bg5 21.Ndc4 Nf6 22.Nf5 Nxf5 23.Bxg5 Nxe4 24.Bxd8 Rxd8 25.Qd3 Ng5 26.Ne3 e4 27.Qd2 Nxe3 28.Qxe3 Nh3+ 29.Kh1 d5 30.dxc5 h5 31.c6 Kb8 32.cxb7 Qxb7


33.a6 Qb6 34.Qxb6+ axb6 35.Rbd1 h4 36.Rd2 hxg3 37.fxg3 e3 38.Rc2 e2 39.Rfc1 Re8 40.Rd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - ValeraKTR (lichess 2267), lichess 7/4/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 g6 8.Bh6 Re8 9.fxg6 hxg6 10.Bg5 Kg7 11.Be2 Rh8 12.a4 a5 13.Na3 Qd7 14.Bxf6+ Kxf6 15.Rf1 Kg7 16.h3 Qe7 17.Qd2 Be6 18.Nc2 f6 19.Ne3 Rad8


20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Nb8 22.O-O-O c6 23.d4 Ba7 24.Bc4 c5 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.d6 Qd7 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Rf7+ Qxf7 29.Bxf7 Kxf7


30.Qd5+ Kg7 31.Qxe5+ Kh6 32.Qf4+ Kg7 33.Qe5+ Kh6 34.Qe3+ Kh7 35.Qe7+ Kh6 36.Qh4+ Kg7 37.Qe7+ Kh6 38.Qh4+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Kh6, draw.