Friday, November 8, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/7/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

Maryantodoank (Chess.com 1795) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 11/7/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.Nc3 h6 9.Nf3 Bd6 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.Ng3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 O-O 14.Nf5 Nc5 15.Rg1 Ne6 16.Nxh6+ Kh7 17.Ng4 Nd4 18.Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.f4 exf4


20.Qh5+ Qh6 21.Qxh6+ gxh6 22.Rg4 Rae8+ 23.Kf1 Nxb3 24.axb3 a6 25.Ra4 f3 26.Rh4 Re6 27.Be3 c5 28.d4 cxd4 29.Bxd4 Rfe8 


30.Be3 Bc5 31.Raf4 Bxe3, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - MMostafa-A (lichess 2111), lichess 11/7/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nf2 13.Kxf2 Bc5+ 14.Kg2 Qg6 15.Kh1 O-O-O 16.Nc3 d4 17.Na4 d3 18.cxd3 Rxd3


19.Bd2 Bxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Rxd2 21.Qxd2 Rd8 22.Bxb7+ Kxb7 23.Nxc5+ Kc8 24.Qg2 Qxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Rd2+ 26.Kg3 Rxb2 27.Nd3 Rd2 28.Nf4 Rd4 29.Re1 Kd7 30.Re2 c5 31.Rc2 c4


32.Kf3 g5 33.Ne2 Rh4 34.Ng3 Ke6 35.Re2 c3 36.Rc2 Rc4 37.Ne2 Kxe5 38.Nxc3 f5 39.Re2+ Kf6 40.Nd5+ Kg6 41.Re6+ Kh5 42.Nf6+ Kg6 43.Nd5+ Kh5 44.Nf6+ Kg6 45.Nd5+, draw.