Thursday, January 16, 2025

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/15/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit

Expecions (Chess.com 1909) - JimWest (Chess.com 1951), Chess.com 1/15/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Qe2 f4 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.O-O-O b5 14.Bb3 Nc5 15.Ne2 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 a5 17.d4 O-O 18.c3 a4 19.bxa4 Rxa4


20.Kc2 Rfa8 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.g3 fxg3 23.Nxg3 Qf7 24.Rhg1 Kh8 25.Nf5 Rg8 26.Rd6 b4 27.Nxh6 b3+ 28.Kb1 Qa7 29.Kc1 Ra1+ 30.Kd2 Rxg1


31.Nxg8 Kxg8 32.Rd8+ Kf7 33.Qf5 Rb1 34.Kd3 Rd1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2073) - normdreama (lichess 2184), lichess 1/15/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Bd6 7.e5 Qe7 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.exd6 Bxe2 10.dxe7 Bxf1 11.Kxf1 Kxe7 12.Bg5 Nbd7 13.Nc3 c6 14.Nf3 Rhe8 15.Kf2 Kf8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rhe1 h6 18.h3 Nd7


19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Re1 Rxe1 21.Nxe1 f5 22.Nd3 Ke7 23.h4 Kf6 24.Kf3 g5 25.hxg5+ hxg5 26.g4 f4 27.Nxf4 gxf4 28.Kxf4 Kg6 29.Ne2 Nf6 30.Ng3 b6 31.a4 Nd7


32.c3 c5 33.b3 a6 34.Nf5 b5 35.axb5 axb5 36.Ne7+ Kf7 37.Nxd5 cxd4 38.cxd4 Nb8 39.Nc7 b4 40.Nd5 Nc6 41.Ke4 Kg6 42.Ne3 Na5 43.Nc2 Kg5 44.Nxb4 Nxb3 45.d5 Kxg4


46.d6 Kg5 47.Kd5 Kf6 48.Nc6, Black resigns.