Saturday, May 7, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/6/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

iamthebucketman (Chess.com 1680) - JimWest (Chess.com 1828), Chess.com 5/6/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bh6+ Kxh8 12.Bxf8 Nc6 13.Qc5 Nd7 14.Qc3 Qxf8 15.d5+ Nce5 16.g3 Qc5 17.Qxc5 Nxc5 18.Bg2 Bf5 19.O-O-O Rd8

20.h3 a5 21.Rhe1 Nc4 22.b3 Nd6 23.c4 Nd3+ 24.Kd2 Nxe1 25.Rxe1 b6 26.Ke3 Bg6 27.Kd4 Rf8 28.Re2 h5 29.Ke5 Kg7 30.Ke6 Rf6+ 31.Kd7 Rf7+ 32.Kc6 Kf8 33.c5 bxc5 34.Kxc5 Ke8 35.a3 Kd7 36.b4 axb4 37.axb4 Rf8


38.h4 Bf5 39.f3 exf3 40.Bxf3 Bg4 41.Bxg4 hxg4 42.Re3 Rf3 43.Re5 Rxg3 44.Rg5 Ne4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2136) - Polar_Bear24 (lichess 2033), lichess 5/6/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 Qe7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Nf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Ne8 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nxb4 Nxb4 16.Be4 Nd5 17.Ng5 f5 18.Qh5 h6 19.Bxd5+ Qxd5


20.Nf3 Qf7 21.Qxf7+ Rxf7 22.Bd2 Be6 23.Bc3 Rc8 24.a3 c5 25.Rad1 Bd5 26.dxc5 Bxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxc5 28.Rfd3 Nc7 29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.R1d7 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 Nd5 32.Rxb7 Nxc3 33.bxc3 Rxe5 34.Rxa7 Rc5 35.a4 Rxc3


36.h3 Kg6 37.a5 Kf6 38.a6 g5 39.Ra8 Ra3 40.a7 Ke7 41.Rh8 Rxa7 42.Rh7+ Kf6 43.Rxa7, Black resigns.