Wednesday, August 16, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/15/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1931) - AlisherKaramatov (Chess.com 1901), Chess.com 8/15/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 Nc6 7.Be2 b6 8.Qc2 Ng4 9.Bxg4 Bxg4 10.Qf2 f6 11.h3 Be6 12.f5 Bf7 13.Be3 d5 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.a3 O-O-O 16.Nd2 d4 17.cxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Qxd4 19.Ke2 g5


20.Nf3 Qd6 21.Rac1 h5 22.g4 hxg4 23.hxg4 Be8 24.Rh1 Bb5 25.Rxh8 Rxh8 26.a4 Ba6 27.b4 Rh7 28.b5 Bb7 29.Qc4 Rh8 30.Kf2 Kb8 31.Kg2 Rd8 32.Rc3 Rc8 33.Qb3 c5 34.Qc4 Rd8 35.Kf2 Rh8 36.Rc1 Qd7


37.Rg1 Bc8 38.Ke3 Qd6 39.Qc1 Bd7 40.Rh1 Qf8 41.Qg1 Be8 42.Rxh8 Qxh8 43.Qh2 Qxh2 44.Nxh2 Bf7 45.Kd2 Bb3 46.Nf3 Kc7 47.a5 Ba4 48.axb6+ axb6 49.Kc3 Bxb5 50.Ng1 Bc6 51.Ne2 b5 52.Ng3 Kd6 53.Nh5 Ke7


54.Ng7 Bd7 55.Kb3 Kf7 56.Nh5 Bc6 57.Ng3 Ke7 58.Kc3 Be8 59.Kb3 Kd6 60.Kc3 b4+ 61.Kb3 Bf7+ 62.Kb2 c4 63.dxc4 Bxc4 64.Kc2 Bf7 65.Kb2 Ke7 66.Kc2 Bc4 67.Kd2 Bf7 68.Kc2 Kd6 69.Kb2 Bc4 70.Kc2 Bf7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

xhnndz (lichess 2089) - JimWest (lichess 2120), lichess 8/15/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d4 e4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 Nf6 8.f3 c6 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.O-O Bd6 12.Qg4 Qd7 13.Qe2 Na6 14.Nc3 O-O-O


15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Qxe4 Rde8 17.Qh4 h6 18.Bf4 g5, White resigns.