Thursday, October 3, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/2/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessGirl9125 (Chess.com 1844) - JimWest (Chess.com 2021), Chess.com 10/2/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be2 c6 9.d4 r4 10.Nh4 Bc8 11.Qd2 d5 12.O-O-O b5 13.g4 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 Na6 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.gxf5 Nc7 18.Rhg1 Kh8 19.h4 Nb5


20.h5 Nc3 21.h6 Rg8 22.hxg7+ Rxg7 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Rxg7 Bxg7 25.Rg1 Rg8 26.Bh5 Nxa2+ 27.Kb2 Nc3 28.Bf7 Nxa4+ 29.bxa4 Rf8 30.Be6 Qc7


31.Qg5 Bxd4+ 32.Kc1 Qg7 33.Qxg7+ Bxg7 34.Kd2 a5 35.Ke3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2061) - mak05 (lichess 1986), lichess 10/2/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.a4 a5 8.Na3 Bxa3 9.Rxa3 O-O 10.Be2 d5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Qxe5 13.O-O dxe4 14.Bf4 Qe7 15.dxe4 Qxe4 16.Bxc7 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Nxg4 18.Qf3 Qe3+ 19.Qxe3 Nxe3


20.Rf3 Nd5 21.Bg3 Rfe8 22.Rb3 Re7 23.Rb5 Ne3 24.Bd6 Rd7 25.Rxe3 Rxd6 26.Rxb7 Rd1+ 27.Kf2 Rad8 28.Re2 R1d5 29.g3 Rf5+ 30.Kg2 Rfd5 31.Ree7 Rf5


32.Rbd7 Rb8 33.b4 axb4 34.cxb4 h5 35.b5 Rc8 36.Rc7 Ra8 37.Re4 Rd5 38.b6 Rd2+ 39.Kh3 Rb2 40.b7 Rb8 41.Rc8+ Kh7 42.Rxb8, Black resigns.