Tuesday, September 24, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/23/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2050) - JimmyZhang (Chess.com 1993), Chess.com 9/23/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 fxe3 8.d4 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Bg4 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 a6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qd3 Be7 15.Qxe3 O-O 16.Nc3 Rb8 17.b3 Qa5


18.Rac1 c5 19.Nxd5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Andreas_Eusebius (lichess 2069) - JimWest (lichess 2094), lichess 9/23/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.c4 c6 11.O-O Qe8 12.Bf4 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Be6 14.Qb3 Qf7 15.c5 Nbd7 16.Bd6 Rfe8


17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 b5 19.cxb6 axb6 20.Rac1 Rec8 21.a3 b5 22.Bh5 g6 23.Be2 Ra4 24.Bxb5 Rxd4 25.Bxc6 Rc4 26.Rxc4 dxc4 27.Qb5 c3 28.bxc3 Bc4


29.Bxd7 Bxb5 30.Bxb5 Qe6 31.Rd1 Qe3+ 32.Kh1 Ng4 33.Rf1 Nf2+ 34.Rxf2 Qxf2 35.h3 Rxc3 36.Ne4 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qxe4, White resigns.