Tuesday, July 9, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/8/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1871) - drdubius (Chess.com 1817), Chess.com 7/8/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.c3 O-O 10.Bd3 d6 11.exd6 Qxd6 12.O-O Bg4 13.Na3 a6 14.Nc4 Qd8 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Qd7 17.Be4 Nde7 18.a4 f5 19.Bxc6 Qxc6


20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.Bf4 Rf7 22.Rfe1 Kf8 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Re7 26.Rae1 Rae8 27.Rxe7 Rxe7 28.Rxe7 Kxe7 29.Kf2 Ke6 30.Ke3 g5 31.g3 Kd5 32.Kd3 b5 33.axb5 axb5 34.b3 c6


35.c4+ Ke6 36.Ke3 b4 37.Kf3 h6 38.h4 Kf6 39.hxg5+ hxg5 40.Ke3 Ke6 41.Kf3 Kd6 42.Ke3 Ke6 43.Kf3 Kd6 44.Ke3 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chook99 (lichess 2176) - JimWest (lichess 2162), lichess 7/8/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf4 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 c6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Be2 Nc6 14.O-O Qe7 15.f3 Qxe6 16.fxe4 Nxe4 17.Qe3 Rxf1+ 18.Rxf1 Re8


19.Bf3 Nxc3 20.Qxe6+ Rxe6 21.bxc3 Ne7 22.Kf2 Ra6 23.Re1 Rxa2+ 24.Kg3 Kf7 25.Re5 Rc2 26.Bxd5+ Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxc3+ 28.Kf4 Rc7 29.Ra5 a6 30.d5 Rc2 31.Ke5 Ke7


32.g4 Re2+ 33.Kd4 Kd6 34.h4 Rg2 35.g5 Rg4+ 36.Ke3 Rxh4, White resigns.