Friday, August 11, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/10/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

suzukireiko (Chess.com 1837) - JimWest (Chess.com 1940), Chess.com 8/10/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.O-O Nf6 6.d4 e4 7.Re1 d5 8.Bb3 c6 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.f4 O-O 12.c4 Qe8 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5+ Kh8 18.Nc4 Bxf4 19.Rf1 Qb8


20.Qh5 Bg6 21.Qg4 Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 f5 23.Qh4 Bg3 24.Qg5 f4 25.Ne5 Qe8 26.Rac1 Rf5 27.Nxg6+ Qxg6 28.Qxg6 hxg6 29.Bxe4 Rh5+ 30.Kg1 Kg7 31.Rc7+ Kf6 32.Rfc1 Rah8 33.Kf1 Rh1+ 34.Ke2 Rxc1 35.Rxc1 Re8 36.Kd3 Re7


37.d5 g5 38.Kd4 Rd7 39.Rh1 Bh4, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2167) - Sevenfootjew (lichess 2221), lichess 8/10/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bd3 f5 10.O-O O-O 11.c4 Kh8 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Be6 15.Qe2 Qa5 16.Bd2 Qa3 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 c6 19.Rfb1 Rab8


20.Qb3 Qa6 21.c4 Rfd8 22.Bb4 Bxb4 23.Qxb4 Nf4 24.Qd2 Ng6 25.Rc1 Ne7 26.Qg5 Rd7 27.d6 Rc7 28.Ne5 Rd8 29.Nf7+, Black resigns.