Thursday, July 4, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/3/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1879) - miloradsuntic22 (Chess.com 1722), Chess.com 7/3/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nd4 9.c3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.a4 Qd7 12.Na3 a6 13.a5 O-O 14.f5 Nh7 15.Nc4 Ng5 16.Bxg5 Bxg5 17.Ne3 Qb5


18.Nc4 Qc5+ 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2 Be7 21.Rf3 f6 22.g4 Kf7 23.h4 Rfd8 24.Ne3 c6 25.c4 Rdb8 26.h5 b6 27.axb6 Rxb6 28.Ra2 Rab8 29.Rf2 Ra8 30.Rd2 a5 31.Kf1 Bd8 32.Ke2 Rb3


33.c5 dxc5 34.Nc4 Ke7 35.Rc2 Bc7 36.Kd2 a4 37.Rc3 Rb4 38.Rca3 Kd7 39.Ra1 Kc8 40.b3 Kb7 41.Rxa4 Raxa4 42.bxa4 Ka6 43.Kc2 Ba5 44.Ra2 Rb8 45.Rb2 Bb4 46.Ra2 Rd8 47.Rb2 Rd4 48.Ra2 Ba5 49.Rb2 Rd8 50.Ra2 Rb8 51.Rb2 Rb4 52.Rxb4 cxb4


53.Kb3 c5 54.Ne3 Bd8 55.Nc4 Be7 56.Ne3 Kb6 57.Nd5+ Ka5 58.Nxe7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Himangsu206 (lichess 2100) - JimWest (lichess 2152), lichess 7/3/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.exf5 Bd6 8.g4 h5 9.Rg1 hxg4 10.Rxg4 Nf6 11.Rxg7 Bxf5


12.Bg5 Nh5 13.Bxd8 Nxg7 14.Bf6 Kf8 15.Nbd2 Rh6 16.Bxg7+ Kxg7 17.O-O-O Kh8 18.h4 Bg4 19.Rg1 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Rf8 21.Ng5 Rxh4


22.f3 Rxc4, White resigns.