Tuesday, September 13, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/12/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

khalidomara (Chess.com 1598) - JimWest (Chess.com 1733), Chess.com 9/12/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.c3 Ne7 9.g3 Ng6 10.Qd3 Bh3 11.Rd1 Nd7


12.Qc2 fxg3 13.Qe2 gxf2+ 14.Qxf2 Bc5 15.Be3 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Bg4 17.Rf1 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Nf4 19.Nd2 Nb6 20.Bb3 O-O-O 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Kb8 23.Raf1 g5 24.b4 Rhf8 25.Kh1 h5 26.b5 g4 27.Rg3 cxb5 28.Bxb5 Qb6 29.Qxb6 axb6


30.a4 Rd2 31.Rd3 Rxd3 32.Bxd3 Rc8 33.Bb5 Rxc3 34.Rd1 Ka7 35.Re1 h4 36.Kg1 g3 37.hxg3 hxg3 38.Bd7 g2 39.Bb5 Rh3 40.Kf2 Rh1 41.Rg1 Rxg1 42.Kxg1 Kb8 43.Bc4 Kc7 44.Bd5 Nxd5 45.exd5 Kd6 46.Kxg2 Kxd5


47.Kf3 Kc4 48.Ke4 Kb4 49.Kxe5 Kxa4 50.Kd4 Kb3 51.Kd3 b5 52.Kd2 Kb2 53.Kd3 b4 54.Kc4 b3 55.Kb4 Kc2 56.Ka3 b2 57.Ka2 b1=Q+ 58.Ka3 Qb3#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2126) - k1964 (lichess 2068), lichess 9/12/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Bg4 7.Be2 Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.O-O O-O 10.c3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Be2 c6 13.Nd2 Qb6+ 14.d4 Ng6 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bd6 19.Nf3 Ne4


20.Bd3 Ng3 21.Re1 Rfe8 22.Qc2 h6 23.Qf2 Nh5 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 g6 27.Qe8+ Kg7 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5+ Qxe5 30.dxe5 Nf4 31.Be4 g5 32.Kf2 Ng6 33.Bxg6 Kxg6 34.g4 Kg7 35.Ke3 Kf8 36.Ke4 Ke7 37.Kf5 b6


38.b4 a6 39.a4 c5 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.a5 c4 42.Ke4 Ke6 43.Kd4 f6 44.exf6 Kxf6 45.Kxc4 Ke5 46.Kc5 Kf4 47.Kb6 Kg3 48.c4 Kxh3 49.c5 Kxg4 50.c6 Kh4 51.c7 g4 52.c8=Q g3 53.Kxa6 g2 54.Qg8 Kh3 55.Kb5 Kh2


56.a6 g1=Q 57.Qxg1+ Kxg1 58.a7 h5 59.a8=Q h4 60.Qh8, Black resigns.