Wednesday, July 12, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1986) - muhammed-hamdy (Chess.com 1813), Chess.com 7/11/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 Ng4 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 b6 14.h3 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc5 16.Bxg4 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Rxe5 18.Bxc8 Rxc8 19.Bf4 Rf5


20.Ne2 Bxb2 21.Qxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rab1 Be5 23.g4 Rxf4 24.Nxf4 Rd2 25.Rbe1 Bd6 26.Re2 Rd4 27.Ng2 Rd3 28.Re3 Rd2 29.Re8+ Kh7 30.Rxf7 Rxa2 31.Kg1 a5


32.Nh4 a4 33.Nf5 Rd2 34.Rxg7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

al956 (lichess 2219) - JimWest (lichess 2206), lichess 7/11/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Bd2 g5 8.Bc3 Nd7 9.h3 Ne7 10.Nh7 h5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.b4 b5 13.Be2 Qg6 14.Nd2 Bg7 15.a4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Nb6 17.Ra5 g4


18.hxg4 hxg4 19.Nxg4 Qh7 20.f3 Bxg4 21.fxg4 Qh2+ 22.Kf2 Qg3+ 23.Kg1 Qxc3 24.Nc4 Nxc4 25.Qd6 Nxa5, White forfeits.