Friday, August 25, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

itsmeJen15 (Chess.com 1966) - JimWest (Chess.com 1884), Chess.com 8/24/2023

1.Nf3 d6 2.Nc3 e5 3.e4 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Nh4 Be6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.d4 Bg4 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.d5 Nd7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 e4


15.Nxe4 Bxb2 16.Qh5 Bxa1 17.Ng5 Qe8+ 18.Be2 Qxh5 19.Bxh5 Bc3+ 20.Kf1 g6 21.Bg4 Ne5 22.Be6 Bd2 23.Ke2 Bxg5 24.Re1 c6 25.dxc6 Nxc6 26.Kd1 Rxf2 27.Bd5 Rd2+ 28.Kc1 Rxd5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2079) - PabloOrostica (lichess 2088), lichess 8/24/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Bd3 d5 12.e5 f6 13.h3 Nh6 14.O-O fxe5 15.fxe5 Bf5 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Bxf5 Rxf5 18.Qd3 Qd7 19.Rae1 Raf8


20.Nh2 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 22.Nxf1 Na5 23.Qg3+ Kf8 24.Ne3 c6 25.Qf4+ Kg8 26.Qxh6 Qf7 27.Qg5+ Qg7 28.Qd8+ Qf8, Black resigns.