Tuesday, August 8, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/7/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

RichardCyzx (Chess.com 1836) - JimWest (Chess.com 1935), Chess.com 8/7/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.c3 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Qb3 Nf6 7.Bf7+ Kf8 8.Bd5 Nxd5 9.Qxd5 f4 10.b4 a6 11.a4 Bf6 12.Ba3 Ne7 13.Qc4 Bg4 14.Nbd2 Qd7 15.b5 Be6 16.Qb4 a5 17.Qb2 b6 18.d4 g5 19.dxe5 dxe5


20.O-O-O Qe8 21.c4 Kg7 22.h3 Qf7 23.Qc3 h5 24.Bb2 Ng6 25.Ne1 g4 26.Nd3 Rad8 27.hxg4 hxg4 28.Rxh8 Rxh8 29.g3 f3 30.Kc2 Rd8 31.Kb3 Rd4 32.Qc2 Rd6 33.Bc3 c5 34.Nb2 Bg5 35.Nf1 Rxd1 36.Qxd1 Qd7 37.Qxd7+ Bxd7


38.Nd1 Kf6 39.Nde3 Bxe3 40.Nxe3 Ne7 41.Kc2 Be6 42.Kd3 Nc8 43.Bb2 Nd6 44.Bc3 Nf7 45.Nd1 Ng5 46.Nb2 Nh3 47.Ke3 Ng5 48.Nd3 Nf7 49.Nb2 Nd6 50.Kd3 Bf7 51.Bd2 Bg6 52.Ke3 Nxe4, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2178) - Cowboy1975 (lichess 2113), lichess 8/7/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Be2 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.e5 Nh5 10.Bg3 Re8 11.d4 Bb6 12.a4 Bg4 13.b4 a6 14.Nbd2 Ne7 15.a5 Ba7 16.O-O Nxg3 17.hxg3 Nf5


18.Nh2 Ne3 19.Qe1 Nxf1 20.Nxg4 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 h5 22.Nf2 h4 23.g4 c6 24.Kh2 Re6 25.Bd3 Qe7 26.Bf5 Rh6 27.g5 Rh5 28.Nh3 Re8 29.Bg4 Rh8 30.Rf1 Bb8 31.Kh1 Bc7


32.Qd3 Ra8 33.Re1 b6 34.axb6 Bxb6 35.e6 f6 36.gxf6 Qxf6 37.Rf1 Qe7 38.Rf7 Qd6 39.Qg6 Rh7 40.Ng5, Black resigns.