Saturday, July 6, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/5/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

remiigrac (Chess.com 1777) - JimWest (Chess.com 1875), Chess.com 7/5/2024

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.O-O Nc6 9.a3 h6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.h3 Bxc2 12.Be3 Ke7 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nc3 Bh7 15.Rfe1 Kd7 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.b4 Kc8 18.b5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Rhe8


20.Rc1 Bg8 21.Bxg8 Nxg8 22.Nh4 Nge7 23.a4 g5 24.Nf3 Nf5 25.Bd2 e4 26.Nd4 Nfxd4 27.Nxd6+ Rxd6 28.Be3 Nf5 29.Bc5 Rde6 30.Ra1 e3 31.fxe3 Nxe3 32.a5 Nc2 33.Rxe6 Rxe6 34.Ra2 Re1+ 35.Kf2 Rc1


36.a6 bxa6 37.Rxa6 Kb7 38.Ra4 Na1 39.Bf8 Nb3 40.Bxh6 Nc5 41.Rg4 Ne5 42.Rb4+ Kc6 43.Rb8 Rc2+ 44.Kf1 Ne4 45.Re8 Rc1+ 46.Ke2 Ng3+ 47.Kf2 Nh1+ 48.Ke2 Nf7 49.Bg7 Rc2+ 50.Kf1 Ng3+ 51.Kg1 Nf5 52.Bf6 Nh4


53.g4 Nd6 54.Re6 Kb7 55.Re3 Nc4 56.Rb3+ Kc6 57.Bxg5 Nd2 58.Ra3 Nhf3+ 59.Kf2 Nxg5 60.Kg3 Nde4+ 61.Kf4 Rf2+ 62.Ke5 Nc5 63.Rc3 Rh2 64.Kd4 Nge6+ 65.Ke5 Ng5 66.Kd4 Rd2+ 67.Ke5 Rd5+ 68.Kf4 Nge6+ 69.Ke3 Re5+ 70.Kf3 Kd6


71.h4 Nd7 72.Rc4 c5 73.g5 Nxg5+ 74.hxg5 Rxg5 75.Kf4 Rg1 76.Ke4 Rg4+ 77.Kd3 Ne5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2158) - yongyong73 (lichess 2052), lichess 7/5/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.c3 Be6 12.Nbd2 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Bg3 Ne7 15.Bd3 c6 16.Qc2 h6 17.Rae1 Bf7 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Nd7


20.Nf3 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Qb8 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Nxf7+, Black resigns.