Monday, July 24, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/23/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1997) - GGZZKK (Chess.com 1966), Chess.com 7/23/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 O-O 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.O-O Rae8 13.e6 Bxe3+ 14.Nxe3 Ndc5 15.Nd4 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Nd6 17.Nxg4 fxg4 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Rf1+ Ke7


20.Rf4 h5 21.Nf5+ Nxf5 22.Rxf5 g6 23.Rf7+ Kxe6 24.Rxc7 Rd8 25.Rxb7 Rxd3 26.Rxa7 Rd1+ 27.Kf2 Rd2+ 28.Kg3 Rxb2 29.h4 gxh3 30.gxh3 Kf5 31.h4 Rb4


32.Ra5+ Kf6 33.Ra6+ Kf5 34.Ra5+ Kf6 35.Ra6+ Kf5 36.Ra5+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Ferdi09 (lichess 2181) - JimWest (lichess 2229), lichess 7/23/2023

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.Bb5 Bd6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.c3 Kd7 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.O-O-O Rag8 15.Nh4 Be6 16.Ne4 Ke7 17.h3 f5 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Rhe1 e4


20.f3 d5 21.c4 Rh7 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.fxe4 fxe4 24.g4 Rf7 25.Kb1 Rf2 26.b3 Rc8 27.Rf1 Rcc2 28.Rxf2 Rxf2 29.Rc1 Kd6 30.Re1 Ke5 31.Ng6+ Kd4 32.Rd1+ Ke3 33.Ne5 d4


34.Nc4+ Bxc4 35.bxc4 d3 36.c5 Rc2 37.Re1+ Kd4 38.Rc1 Rxc1+ 39.Kxc1 Kxc5 40.h4 Kd4, White forfeits.