Monday, August 14, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1937) - Papaflessas (Chess.com 1875), Chess.com 8/13/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.f5 d5 9.Nbd2 Ng4 10.Nb3 dxe4 11.dxe4 Nf6 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bd3 a5 14.a4 b6 15.h3 Bb7 16.Bd2 Bd6 17.Bc3 Nd7 18.Rae1 f6 19.Bc4+ Kh7


20.Bd5 Rab8 21.g4 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5+ 23.Kg2 Nb4 24.Bxb7 Rxb7 25.Bxb4 Bxb4 26.c3 Bc5 27.Rd1 Rbb8 28.h4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 b5 30.Rd5 Be3 31.Rxb5 Rxb5 32.axb5 a4 33.c4 Bc1 34.c5 Bxb2


35.b6 cxb6 36.c6 a3 37.c7 a2 38.c8=Q a1=Q 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 fxg5 41.Nxg5+ Kh6 42 Nf7+ Kh5 43.Qh8+ Kg4 44.Qxg7+ Kf4 45.Qg3+ Kxe4 46.Qg4+ Kd5 47.Qf3+ e4 48.Qb3+ Kc6 49.Qc4+ Kb7 50.Nd6+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

markan456 (lichess 2108) - JimWest (lichess 2152), lichess 8/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.Bxe6 Nxd4 8.exf5 Nxe6 9.fxe6 Qf6 10.O-O Qxe6 11.f4 O-O-O 12.Nc3 c6 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qh5 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Rhf8 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Ne4 Rxf1+ 18.Rxf1 Rf8 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8


20.b3 Ba3 21.Qf3 a5 22.Kg1 Kc7 23.c4 Bb2 24.Qf6 Bd4+ 25.Kf1 Qxf6 26.Nxf6 Kd6 27.Ke2 Ke6 28.Ne4 b5 29.Kd3 b4 30.g4 c5 31.h4 Kf7 32.Nd6+ Kg6 33.Ke4 h5 34.g5 h6 35.gxh6 Kxh6 36.Nb7 Bf2 37.Kxe5 Bxh4 38.Nxc5 Bg3+ 39.Kf5 h4 40.Kg4 Kg6


41.Ne4 Be1 42.c5 Kf7 43.Nd6+ Ke6 44.Nc4 Kd5 45.Nxa5 Kxc5 46.Nc4 Kd4 47.a4 bxa3 48.Nxa3 Kc3 49.Nb5+ Kxb3 50.Nd4+ Kc4 51.Nf5 Kd5 52.Nxh4 Bxh4, draw.