Sunday, December 29, 2024

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/28/2024

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChessChidambaram87 (Chess.com 1905) - JimWest (Chess.com 1987), Chess.com 12/28/2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.Qd3 Nd7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O-O 14.d5 Nb6 15.Bb3 cxd5 16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Kb8 18.Rac1 h5 19.c4 g5


20.b4 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Qxg4 Rh4 23.Qf3 Qh7 24.g3 e4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2053) - Dron53 (lichess 2065), lichess 12/28/2024

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 Be6 11.d5 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qxc4 13.dxe6 Qxe6 14.Qxb7 Qc6 15.Qc8+ Ke7 16.O-O-O f6 17.exf6+ gxf6 18.Nd5+ Kf7


19.Qxc7+ Qxc7 20.Nxc7 Nf2 21.Bxf2 Bh6+ 22.Kb1 Nc6 23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.Ne2 Re8 25.Nc3 Re7 26.a3 Ne5 27.Bc5 Rb7 28.Ne4 Nc4 29.Nd6+ Nxd6 30.Bxd6 Rd7 31.c4 Be3 32.b4 Ke6 33.Re1 Kxd6 34.Rxe3 Kc7


35.Kc2 h5 36.c5 h4 37.gxh4 Rd4 38.Rh3 Kc6 39.h5 Kb5 40.h6 Ka4 41.h7 Rg4 42.h8=Q Rg2+ 43.Kd3, Black resigns.