Friday, August 18, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

seidetheking (Chess.com 1732) - JimWest (Chess.com 1882), Chess.com 8/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.Bd2 Nd4 12.Qd1 Nb3 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Nxa1 15.Be2 Ne7 16.Rf1 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qxh2 


18.Nf7 Qxg3+ 19.Kd2 Bxf7 20.Rxf7 d4 21.Kc1 Qxe3+ 22.Kb1 Nxc2 23.Rxe7 d3 24.Bg4+ Kb8 25.Nd5 Qg5 26.Rxc7 Qxd5 27.Rxc2 dxc2+ 28.Qxc2 Qd3 29.Qxd3 Rxd3


30.Bf5 Rd4 31.Kc2 g6 32.Bg4 h5 33.Be2 e3 34.Kc3 Rd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2121) - Surgeon1966 (lichess 2051), lichess 8/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Qf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Qd8 13.h3 Nh6 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Qd2 Kh8 16.Be4 f5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.O-O-O f4 19.a3 Be7


20.Rhf1 Be6 21.Ne4 Qd5 22.Qc2 Bf5 23.Rfe1 Rab8 24.Nc3 Qc4 25.Qe2 Qb3 26.Qd2 Bxa3 27.Re2 Bb4 28.Nh4 Bxc3 29.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 30.bxc3 Rb1+ 31.Kd2 Rb2+ 32.Ke1 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 Be6 34.Ra1 Ra8 35.Kf3 a5 36.Kxf4 a4


37.Ra3 Bb3 38.Nf5 Rf8 39.g4 Kg8 40.Ke3 h5 41.Ne7+ Kg7 42.Nxc6 Bd5 43.Nb4 Ba8 44.Rxa4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Bh1 46.Ra7 Rf3+ 47.Kd2, Black resigns.