Thursday, August 17, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/16/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1924) - arkopadi (Chess.com 1800), Chess.com 8/16/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 O-O 13.O-O Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nd2 15.Rf2 Nxe5 16.Kg2 f4 17.Nd5 Ndc4


18.Re1 Nxd3 19.cxd3 Ne3+ 20.Nxe3 fxe3 21.Rxe3 Rae8 22.Re4 Kf7 23.Rc2 c6 24.Ra4 a6 25.Rb4 Re7 26.a4 Rfe8 27.Kf2 h6 28.a5 Ke6 29.Re2+ Kd6 30.Rd4+ Kc5 31.Rde4 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.fxe4 Kd4 34.b4 g5 35.Kf3 h5


36.h3 Ke5 37.Ke3 Ke6 38.d4 Kd6 39.e5+ Kd5 40.Kf3 Ke6 41.Ke4 Kf7 42.Kf5 g4 43.hxg4 h4 44.Kf4 Kg6 45.Kf3 Kg5 46.Kg2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Zombi-Tsunami (lichess 2123) - JimWest (lichess 2125), lichess 8/16/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.Bb2 O-O-O 12.Qe2 Ne7 13.Nd2 Ng6 14.Nc4 Bd6 15.Rad1 Bc7 16.Bg4 h5 17.Bxd7+ Rxd7 18.Qf3 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 b5


20.Qh3+ Kb7 21.Na3 f3 22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Kc8 24.c4 a6 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Nc2 Rf8 27.Ne3 Rxf3 28.Nf5 Nf4 29.Nxg7 Nh3+ 30.Kg2 Rxf2+ 31.Kxh3 Rxb2 32.Nxh5 Rxa2


33.Rc1 Kb7 34.Ng3 Rb2 35.Rc3 b4 36.Rd3 Rc2 37.Nf5 Rc3 38.Rxc3 bxc3 39.Ne3 Bb6 40.Nc2 Kc7 41.Kg4 Kd7 42.h4 Ke6 43.Kg5 Bd8+ 44.Kg4 Kf6 45.Ne3 Kg6 46.h5+ Kh6 47.Nf5+ Kh7 48.Ne3 Kh6 49.Nf5+ Kh7 50.Ne3 Kh6, draw.