Friday, September 22, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1912) - shekhar2703 (Chess.com 1842), Chess.com 9/21/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Bb6 9.Bd3 d6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Kh1 Qe7 12.Nbd2 Rae8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qc2 Nd8 15.Rae1 Ne6 16.Bh2 c6 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Bc7 19.Ndf3 Nd5


20.g4 f6 21.Ng6 Bxg6 22.Bxg6 Rd8 23.Qf5 Nxd4 24.cxd4 Qd7 25.Qxd7 Rxd7 26.Bxc7 Rxc7 27.Bd3 Nf4 28.Bc4+ Kh7 29.Kh2 b5 30.Bb3 Nd3 31.Bc2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorDorozhkinChess (lichess 2147) - JimWest (lichess 2114), lichess 9/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Rb1 b6 14.O-O h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.c4 c6 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.c4 Be6 19.cxd5 Bxd5


20.Rc1 Rac8 21.Bc4 Bxc4 22.Re1 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 Bd3 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Rg1 Qxd4 27.Qd1 Qf2 28.h3 Rf8 29.Kh2 Be2 30.Qe1 Qxe1 31.Rxe1 Bd3 32.Rc1 e3 33.Rd1 e2 34.Re1 Rf1 35.Rxf1 exf1=Q, White resigns.