Thursday, November 21, 2024

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/20/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1993) - mzhaozhao (Chess.com 2056), Chess.com 11/20/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.c3 Qe7 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 g6 11.Nc4 Bg7 12.b3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nh5 14.Bd2 O-O 15.Qc1 Kh7 16.g4 Nf6 17.g5 Ng8 18.Ne3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5


20.Ng4 h5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Bf4 Qe6 23.Rb1 Ne7 24.Qd1 Rad8 25.c4 Kg7 26.Bd2 Qe5 27.Rc1 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Nc6 29.Bc3+ Kg8 30.h4 Nd4 31.Bxh5 Nf5 32.Rxf5 Qxf5 33.Bg4 Qf4


34.Qe2 Bc8 35.Rg1 Bxg4 36.Qxg4 Qxg4 37.Rxg4 Rfe8 38.Bf6 Rc8 39.Kg2 Kf8 40.Kf3 Re6 41.d4 Ree8 42.d5 c6 43.dxc6 Rxc6 44.h5 gxh5 45.Rh4 Rec8 46.Rxh5 Ke8 47.Kf4 R6c7 48.Rh7 Rb7 49.g6 Ra7 50.g7 Kd7 51.Rh8 Raa8


52.Kg5 Ke6 53.Bc3 f6+ 54.Bxf6+ Kf7 55.Bc3 Rab8 56.Kh6 Rg8 57.Kh7 Rbe8 58.Rxg8 Rxg8 59.Kh6 Re8 60.Kh7 Rb8 61.e5 dxe5 62.Bxe5 Rc8 63.Bd4 Rg8 64.Kh6 Rb8 65.Kh7 Rg8 66.Kh6 Rb8 67.Kh7 Rg8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

WALTER00000 (lichess 1982) - JimWest (lichess 2090), lichess 11/20/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.a3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nf3 f4 8.Qd2 Bg4 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nd4 12.O-O-O c6 13.Rdf1 b5 14.Ba2 a5 15.Qd1 b4 16.Ne2 bxa3 17.Nxd4 axb2+ 18.Kxb2 exd4


19.Qd2 Rb8+ 20.Kc1 Be5 21.Kd1 Qb6 22.Ke2 Qb4 23.Rb1 Qxd2+ 24.Kxd2 Ke7 25.Bb3 Rb4 26.Ra1 Ra8 27.Ra4 Rxa4 28.Bxa4 Kd7 29.Rb1 Kc7 30.h4 c5


31.Rb5 h6 32.h5 Ra7 33.Kc1 Ra8 34.Kd2 Ra7 35.Kc1 Ra8 36.Kd2, draw.