Sunday, July 7, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/6/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1880) - Ziqian_Gao (Chess.com 1860), Chess.com 7/6/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.c3 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.f5 d5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qd6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rd1 Qb6+ 16.Qf2 Qxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Rad8 18.Nd2 Be7


19.Nf3 Bc5+ 20.Ke2 f6 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1 23.Kxd1 Kf7 24.Ke2 a5 25.a4 c6 26.c4 Bb4 27.b3 Ke7 28.g4 Bc5 29.h4 h6 30.h5 Bb4 31.Kd3 Bc5 32.Ne1 Kd6 33.Nc2 Kc7 34.Kc3 b6


35.b4 axb4 36.Nxb4 Bd4+ 37.Kb3 Kb7 38.Nd3 c5 39.Ne1 Ka6 40.Nc2 Kb7 41.Na3 Kc6 42.Nb5 Bf2 43.Nc3 Bd4 44.Nd5 Bf2 45.Kb2 Bd4+ 46.Ka3 Bf2 47.Kb3 Be1


48.Ka3 Ba5 49.Kb3 Kd6 50.Ka3 Kc6 51.Kb3 Kd6 52.Ka3 Kc6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

LL76 (lichess 2179) - JimWest (lichess 2155), lichess 7/6/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O c6 6.d4 e4 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Nf6 9.f3 h6 10.fxe4 Bg4 11.Nf7 Bxd1 12.Nxd8 Kxd8 13.e5 Bxc2 14.Bxc2 Nfd7


15.Rf7 c5 16.e6 Nf6 17.Bf4 Nc6, White forfeits.