Wednesday, August 30, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ManuJM (Chess.com 1830) - JimWest (Chess.com 1905), Chess.com 8/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.O-O Nc6 9.c3 Bd6 10.Re1 Qd7 11.Nf1 O-O-O 12.Bg5 Rde8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nbd2 Ne7 15.Ne3 Be6 16.c4 c6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Ba4 Nc6 19.Rc1 Kb8


20.Qb3 Rc8 21.Rc2 Bf4 22.Rec1 Ka8 23.Bb5 Qd6 24.g3 Bxe3 25.fxe3 Bd7 26.Qa4 Rhg8 27.Nb3 h5 28.Nc5 Rxg3+ 29.Kh1 Bg4 30.hxg3 Qxg3


31.Bf1 Bf3+ 32.Bg2 Qh3+ 33.Kg1 Rg8 34.Kf1 Rxg2 35.Ke1 Qh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2086) - kubanychbek1962 (lichess 2050), lichess 8/29/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.O-O Re8 13.h3 Nf6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Bxf3 16.Rxf3 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Bxe5 18.Rd3 Bd6 19.Bg5 h6


20.Bh4 g5 21.Bf2 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Rxe4 23.Bg3 Re6 24.Qb3 b6 25.Rad1 Qe7 26.Bxd6 cxd6 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Kh2 Kg7 29.h4 g4 30.Qf5 Qxh4+ 31.Kg1 Rf6 32.g3 Qh3 33.Qe4 Re6 34.Qf4 d5 35.Rd4 Re2 36.Qxg4+ Qxg4 37.Rxg4+ Kf8 38.Rb4 Ke7


39.a4 f5 40.Rb5 Ke6 41.a5 Rd6 42.axb6 axb6 43.Kf1 Re4 44.Kf2 d4 45.Rd3 Kf6 46.Rdb3 Kg5 47.Rxb6 Rxb6 48.Rxb6 d3 49.Rd6 Re2+ 50.Kf3 Rxb2 51.Rxd3 Rb4 52.Ra3 h5 53.Rc3 h4 55.gxh4+ Kxh4


55.Ra3 Kg5 56.Rc3 Rh4 57.Kf2 f4 58.Ra3 Kg4 59.Rb3 Rh2+ 60.Kf1 Ra2 61.Rc3 f3 62.Rc8 Ra4 63.Rg8+ Kf4 64.Rf8+ Ke3 65.Re8+ Re4 66.Rxe4+ Kxe4 67.Kf2 Kf4


68.Kf1 Ke3 69.Ke1 Kd4 70.Kf2 Ke4 71.Kf1 Kf4 72.Kf2 Kg4 73.Kf1 Kg3 74.Kg1 f2+ 75.Kf1 Kf3, stalemate.