Wednesday, February 1, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/31/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Cadetethiago (Chess.com 1626) - JimWest (Chess.com 1726), Chess.com 1/31/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Be2 Qd6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxe6 13.Rb1 b6 14.c4 c6 15.Qd2 Nbd7 16.f3 Rae8 17 Qc3 h6 18.Bc1 Kh8 19.Ba3 Rg8


20.Qb4 exf3 21.Bxf3 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Qxd4 23.cxd5 Qxb4 24.Bxb4 cxd5 25.Rbd1 Re5 26.Bd6 Re6 27.Ba3 Rge8 28.h3 Rc6 29.Rd2 Ne5 30.Re2 Nxf3 31.Rxe8+ Nxe8 32.Rxf3 Nf6 33.Rf2 Kh7 34.Kh2 h5 35.Bb2 h4


36.Rd2 Rc4 37.Bxf6 gxf6 38.Rxd5 Ra4 39.Kg1 Kg6 40.Kf2 Rxa2 41.Rd2 b5 42.Ke3 b4 43.Kd3 a5 44.Re2 Ra3+ 45.Kc4 Rg3 46.Kb5 Rg5+ 47.Ka4 Rc5 48.Rd2 Kg5 49.Re2 f5 50.Rd2 Kf4


51.Rd3 Rxc2 52.Rd5 Ra2+ 53.Kb5 b3 54.Rd4+ Kg5 55.Rd8 a4 56.Rg8+ Kf4 57.Rd8 b2 58.Rd4+ Kg5 59.Rb4 a3 60.Ka4 Ra1 61.Rb3 b1=Q 62.Rxb1 Rxb1 63.Kxa3 Rg1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2179) - VLADIMIR-1971 (lichess 2178), lichess 1/31/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Qe7 6.Qe2 Nfd7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nc3 g5


9.h3 Bg7 10.Nxd5, Black resigns.