Thursday, July 27, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1940) - Augustolyra (Chess.com 1845), Chess.com 7/26/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 e5 7.Be2 exf4 8.Bxf4 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.h3 Ne5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bxh3 13.Rf2 Nh5 14.Bh2 Qg5+ 15.Kh1 Ng3+ 16.Bxg3 Qxg3 17.Rh2 Bh6


18.Qg1 Qxg1+ 19.Kxg1 Be3+ 20.Kh1 Bd7 21.Na3 f5 22.Nc2 Bf4 23.Rg2 fxe4 24.fxe4 Bh3 25.Rf2 Bg3 26.Rf3 Rxe4 27.Bc4+ Be6 28.Bxe6+ Rxe6 29.Rxg3 Re2 30.Rg2 Rae8 31.Rag1 R8e4 32.Rxe2 Rxe2 33.Rg2 Rxg2 34.Kxg2 Kf7


35.Kf3 Kf6 36.Ne3 c6 37.Nc4 Ke6 38.Na5 c5 39.dxc5 dxc5 40.Nxb7 Kd5 41.Nd8 a5 42.b3 c4 43.Nb7 cxb3 44.axb3 a4 45.bxa4 Kc4 46.a5 Kb5 47.c4+ Ka6 48.Nc5+ Kxa5 49.Ne6 Kb6 50.Kf4 h6 51.Ke5 Kc6


52.Kf6 Kd6 53.c5+ Kd5 54.Kxg6 Kxe6 55.Kxh6 Kd5 56.c6 Kxc6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Abdulmalik2000 (lichess 2139) - JimWest (lichess 2222), lichess 7/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 c6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 a5 9.c3 Kh8 10.d4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re1 e4 14.Nd2 d5 15.Nf1 Nd7 16.Bf4 h6 17.g4 Bh7 18.Bg3 Nf6 19.h3 Bd6


20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Ne3 Rae8 22.Qb3 b5 23.Rad1 a4 24.Qc2 Nd7 25.b3 axb3 26.axb3 Ra8 27.Ra1 Qf4 28.Qe2 Qg5 29.Ra2 Rxa2 30.Qxa2 h5 31.Qa7 Nf6 32.Qe7 Re8 33.Qd6 hxg4 34.Qg3 Ra8 35.hxg4 Ng8 36.Qd6 Qf6 37.Qxf6 Nxf6 38.g5 Nh5


39.Bh3 Nf4 40.Bd7 Ra6 41.c4 bxc4 42.bxc4 Bg8 43.cxd5 cxd5 44.Bf5 g6 45.Bd7 Be6 46.Bb5 Rb6 47.Bf1 Kg7 48.Kh2 Rb8 49.Kg3 Nh5+ 50.Kg2 Rf8 51.Rc1 Rf7 52.Rc6 Nf4+ 53.Kg1 Bd7 54.Rd6 Bh3


55.Nxd5 Bxf1 56.Nxf4 Rxf4 57.Kxf1 e3 58.Ke2 exf2 59.Kf1 Rf5 60.Rd7+ Kg8 61.d5 Rxg5 62.Kxf2 Rf5+ 63.Ke3 Rf7 64.Rd8+ Rf8 65.Rd6 Kg7 66.Rd7+ Rf7 67.Rxf7+ Kxf7 68.Ke4 Ke7 69.Ke5 g5 70.Kf5 Kd6 71.Kxg5 Kxd5, draw.