Thursday, January 26, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1753) - bertslo (Chess.com 1622), Chess.com 1/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.h3 g5 7.Bh2 Bg7 8.c3 Nc6 9.Nd2 g4 10.hxg4 Nxg4 11.Qf3 Nce5 12.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Qg3 Ng6 14.Ngf3 Qe7 15.Be2 Bd7 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.Kb1 Rdg8


18.Qf2 Nf4 19.Qxa7 Bc6 20.Bf1 Kd7 21.Qe3 Ng6 22.g3 Ra8 23.Bh3+ Kd8 24.Nb3 Bd7 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Nfd4 Qa4 27.Nc1 Ne5 28.Nf5 Bf8 29.Qd4 Qd7 30.Rdf1 Rh7 31.a3 Ra6 32.Na2 Ra4 33.c4 c5 34.Qd5 b5


35.Nc3 Ra5 36.Nxb5 Rxb5 37.cxb5 Qxb5 38.Nxd6 Bxd6 39.Qxd6+ Nd7 40.Rd1 f6 41.Rhf1 Rf7 42.Rf5 Ke8 43.Qe6+ Kf8 44.Qc4 Qxc4 45.dxc4 Ne5 46.Rxe5 fxe5 47.Rd5 Rf3 48.Rxc5 Rxg3 49.Rxe5 Rg5


50.Rxg5 hxg5 51.Kc2 g4 52.Kd2 g3 53.Ke2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

johnypi (lichess 2252) - JimWest (lichess 2207), lichess 1/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Kf2 Qxh1 17.Nc3 Qxh2 18.Nd5 Qxe5 19.Re1 Be6


20.Bh5+ Qxh5 21.Rxe6+ Kd7 22.Re7+ Kd8 23.Rxc7 Qxd5 24.cxd5 Kxc7 25.Qc5+ Kd7 26.Qb5+ Kc7 27.Qc5+ Kd7 28.Qb5+ Kc7 29.Qc5+, draw.