Saturday, August 12, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1930) - Caius055 (Chess.com 1854), Chess.com 8/11/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Nc6 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.fxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe4 8.Nxf7 Kxf7 9.dxe4 Qh4+ 10.Kd2 Qg5+ 11.Kd3 Qb5+ 12.c4 Qe5 13.Qf3+ Bf6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Be2 b5 16.cxb5 d5 17.exd5 Rd8 18.Be3 cxb5


19.Rhf1 Bf5+ 20.Kd2 b4 21.Nd1 Rxd5+ 22.Ke1 Rad8 23.Bc4 Bc2 24.Bxd5+ Rxd5 25.Qxf6+ Qxf6 26.Rxf6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

viktory54 (lichess 2015) - JimWest (lichess 2168), lichess 8/11/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.O-O Nd7 10.d4 e4 11.Re1 d5 12.c4 Be6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 O-O-O 16.Nc3 Kb8 17.Nb5 Bc8 18.Qd4 b6 19.Rac1 Bb7


20.Rc7 Rd7 21.Rec1 Rgd8 22.Rxd7 Rxd7 23.Nd6 Rc7 24.Rd1 g6 25.Nxb7 Kxb7 26.Qxd5+ Kb8 27.Qxe4 Rc5 28.f4 g5 29.g3 gxf4 30.gxf4 Qh4


31.e6 Qg4+ 32.Kf2 Qxd1 33.e7 Rc2+ 34.Kg3 Qg1+ 35.Kh4 Rxh2#.