Monday, November 11, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/10/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1975) - averagetraxlerenjoyer (Chess.com 1919), Chess.com 11/10/2024

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 h5 7.fxe5 Ng4 8.Nh3 d4 9.Nd5 Ncxe5 10.O-O c6 11.Nef4 g5


12.Qe1 gxf4 13.Bxf4 Qe7 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.Bxg4 hxg4 16.Nf4 Bd6 17.g3 Bd7 18.a4 O-O-O 19.a5 Qg7 20.a6 b6


21.Qe2 Bxf4 22.Rxf4 f5 23.exf5 c5 24.Qe4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

dimaalexzzz1 (lichess 1979) - JimWest (lichess 2099), lichess 11/10/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Nfd2 d5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nc3 c6 10.b3 Nf6 11.a4 Qc7 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 Nbd7


16.Ng5 Bf4+ 17.Kb1 Bxg5 18.h4 Rae8 19.Qg2 Bf4 20.h5 Be4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Bd3 Ndf6 23.Rdf1 Nd2+ 24.Ka2 Nxf1 25.Rxf1 h6 26.Bf5 Bg5 27.Ba3 Rf7 28.Bg6 Re4 29.Rf5 Rfe7 30.Qf3 Re3 31.Qf1 Qh2 32.Rf2 Qc7 33.Bxe7 Qxe7


34.Bd3 Ne4 35.Rf5 Nc3+ 36.Kb2 Nxa4+ 37.bxa4 Qb4+ 38.Kc1 Re1#.