Saturday, July 20, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/19/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1931) - jacsam1225 (Chess.com 1852), Chess.com 7/19/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O b6 8.c3 e5 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Bb7 11.f5 Ne7 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Bg5 Kh7 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rxf6 Nf5 17.Rxf5 gxf5 18.exf5 Qg5


19.Bf3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Rg8 21.Rf1 Qd2 22.Nc4 Qc2 23.f6 Rxg2+ 24.Qxg2 Rg8 25.Qxg8+ Kxg8 26.Rf3 Qd1+ 27.Kg2 Qe2+ 28.Kg3 Kh7 29.Re3 Qh5 30.Nxe5 Qg5+ 31.Ng4 Kg6


32.h4 Qc5 33.d4 Qd6+ 34.Kh3 c5 35.dxc5 Qxc5 36.Re5 Qd6 37.Rg5+ Kh7 38.Rh5+ Kg6 39.Rg5+ Kh7 40.Rh5+ Kg6 41.Rg5+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

irokindachess (lichess 2097) - JimWest (lichess 2165), lichess 7/19/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ Kg7 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxe4 Nxd4 17.c3 Bf5 18.Qe3 b5 19.Bxb5 Qd5


20.Rxd4 Qxb5 21.Rb4 Qd5 22.Qg3+ Kh8 23.Rd1 Qa5 24.Qf4 Rg8 25.h3 Bg5, White resigns.