Thursday, September 23, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1839) - tkkannan (Chess.com 1955), Chess.com 9/22/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Qe7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Qc2 d4 12.cxd4 Bxd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Nf3 b6 15.Be2 c5 16.O-O Nd7 17.a4 Bb7


18.a5 Rfc8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra3 Rxa3 21.bxa3 Ra8 22.Ra1 b5 23.Qb2 Bc6 24.g4 Qd6 25.Qc1 c4 26.dxc4 d3 27.cxb5 Bxb5 28.Bf1 Qb6+ 29.Kg2 Qb7 30.Rb1 Qa6 31.Qc3 Rc8 32.Qb4 Rc2+ 33.Kh1 Qb6


34.Nd4 Qc7 35.Nxc2 dxc2 36.Qxb5 cxb1=Q 37.Qxb1 Qf4 38.Qd1 Ne5 39.h3 Nf3 40.Qe2 Nd4 41.Qg2 Nc6 42.a4 Ne5 43.Be2 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qc5 45.Bb5 Qc7 46.Kh1 Qc1+ 47.Kh2 Qf4+ 48.Kh1 Nf3 49.Be2 Qc1+ 50.Qf1 Qxf1+ 51.Bxf1 Nd2


52.a5 Nxe4 53.a6 Nd6 54.a7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

inyaky (lichess 2176) - JimWest (lichess 2280), lichess 9/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nc3 c6 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nh4 b4 9.Na5 fxe4 10.Qxb4 exd3 11.Bxd3 d5 12.Qc3 e4 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O h6 15.Bd2 Kh7 16.g3 g5 17.Ng2 Bh3 18.Nc5 Nbd7

19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Rad1 Rab8 21.a3 Qe6 22.Be3 c5 23.Bxc5 Bxc5 24.Qxc5 Rxb2 25.Qxa7+ Rf7 26.Qd4 Rxc2 27.Bb5 Rfc7 28.a4 R7c5 29.Rfe1 Qf5 30.Bf1 Bxg2 31.Bxg2 Ng4 32.Rf1 R2c4 33.Qd2 Ne5


34.f4 exf3 35.Bh1 Rc2 36.Qe3 Qh3 37.Rf2 Rxf2 38.Qxf2 Ng4 39.Qd2 f2+ 40.Qxf2 Nxf2 41.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 42.Kf3 Rc3+ 43.Kg4 Qxg3+ 44.Kf5 Qf4+ 45.Ke6 Rc6+ 46.Kd7 Qd6+ 47.Ke8 Rc8+ 48.Kf7 Rf8#.