Tuesday, July 23, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/22/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1908) - Zaenalbaru (Chess.com 2022), Chess.com 7/22/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O f5 11.c4 c6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Qb3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Rb8 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Ba3 b5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Rab1 a6 19.g3 h6


20.a4 Qa7 21.axb5 axb5 22.Bxb5 Rb6 23.Qa4 Qc7 24.Qa3 Rc8 25.Rfc1 f4 26.Bd3 Rxb1 27.Bxb1 Kf7 28.Bxg6+ Kxg6 29.Qd6 Qxd6 30.exd6 fxg3 31.hxg3 Rd8 32.Ne5+ Kh7 33.d7 Bxd7 34.Nxd7 Rxd7 35.c4 dxc4 36.Rxc4 Kg6


37.Kf2 Kf5 38.Kf3 Ra7 39.Rc5+ Ke6 40.Re5+ Kd6 41.g4 Rf7+ 42.Ke4 Rf1 43.Ra5 Re1+ 44.Kf4 Rd1 45.Ke4 Re1+ 46.Kf4 Re7 47.g5 hxg5+ 48.Kxg5 Re4 49.Kg6 Rg4+ 50.Rg5 Rxg5+ 51.Kxg5 Kd5 52.Kg6 Kxd4 53.Kxg7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

JPD2289 (lichess 2222) - JimWest (lichess 2103), lichess 7/22/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.d5 Bxf5 7.Nc3 h6 8.Ngxe4 Qe7 9.f3 Nxe4 10.fxe4 Bxe4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Qxe2+ 13.Bxe2 Be7 14.Bh5+ Kd8 15.O-O Nd7 16.c3 Nf6 17.Bf3 Kd7 18.Be3 a6 19.Bd4 Rae8


20.Rae1 Bd8 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Bg4+ Kd8 23.Be6 c6 24.c4 Bxb2 25.Rf7 Re7 26.Rxe7 Kxe7 27.Bc8+ Be5 28.Bxb7 cxd5 29.cxd5 a5 30.a4 Rb8 31.Bc6 Rb2 32.g3 h5 33.Re4 g5 34.Bb5 Kf6


35.Re2 Rxe2 36.Bxe2 h4 37.gxh4 gxh4 38.Kg2 Kg5 39.h3 Kf4 40.Bb5 Ke4 41.Bc6 Bg3 42.Ba8 Kd4 43.Kf3 Kc5 44.Ke4 Kb4 45.Bc6 Kc5 46.Kf5 Kb4 47.Ke6 Kc5 48.Kd7 Kb6 49.Kc8 Be5


50.Kd7 Bg3 51.Bb5 Kc5 52.Ke6 Kb6 53.Bc6 Kc5 54.Kd7 Kb6, draw.