Wednesday, July 26, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/25/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

HMF1979 (Chess.com 1896) - JimWest (Chess.com 1937), Chess.com 7/25/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nbd7 12.f3 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 O-O-O 14.Na4 Be7 15.Qe2 Kb8


16.b4 Bxb4 17.a3 Be7 18.Rb1 Qa5 19.Qc4 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Rb3 Rd4 22.Qe2 Rhd8 23.Rd3 Rxd3 24.cxd3 g5 25.h3 Nh5 26.Qd2 Ng3+ 27.Kh2 Nxf1+ 28.Kh1 Nxd2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2222) - t_fatin65 (lichess 2228), lichess 7/25/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Bg4 6.Bxe2 Bxe2 7.Nxe2 exd3 8.exf6 dxe2 9.Qxe2+ Kd7 10.fxg7 Bb4+ 11.c3 Re8 12.Be3 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qe4 14.O-O Nc6 15.Rxf7+ Kc8 16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Raf1 Bc5 18.Nc4 Nd8


19.Rf8 Rxe3 20.Nxe3 Qxg7 21.Kh1 Bxf8 22.Nf5 Qd7 23.Nd4 Qd5+ 24.Kg1 Bc5 25.Qg4+ Ne6 26.Qg8+ Kd7 27.Rf7+ Kd6 


28.Qxa8 Bxd4+ 29.cxd4 Qxd4+ 30.Rf2 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 Qd5+ 32.Kg1 Qd1+ 33.Kg2 Qd5+ 34.Kg1 Qd1+, draw.