Saturday, October 21, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

marlon_doringo (Chess.com 1748) - JimWest (Chess.com 1912), Chess.com 10/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.Ng5 Bg4 8.Qe1 Bh5 9.Ne6 Qe7 10.Nxf8 Qxf8 11.b4 Bf7 12.Bxf7+ Qxf7 13.b5 O-O 14.a4 a6 15.b6 f3 16.Qe3 fxg2 17.Kxg2 Nbd7 18.a5 Nh5


19.Ne2 Nf4+ 20.Kh1 Nxe2 21.Qxe2 Qf3+ 22.Qxf3 Rxf3 23.Bg5 Rf7 24.Kg2 Raf8 25.f3 Nc5 26.Rf2 Ne6 27.Be3 Nf4+ 28.Bxf4 Rxf4 29.Kg3 R8f6 30.h3 Rg6+ 31.Kh2 Rh6 32.Rg1 Rfh4 33.Rg3 Kf7


34.Rfg2 g6 35.Rf2 R6h5 36.c3 h6 37.Kg2 g5 38.d4 exd4 39.cxd4 Rf4 40.Rg4 Rh4 41.Rd2 Rhxg4+ 42.hxg4 Ke6 43.d5+ cxd5 44.Rxd5 Rf8 45.Kg3 Rc8 46.f4 Rc3+ 47.Kf2 gxf4 48.Rf5 Rc5 49.Kf3 Rxf5 50.gxf5+ Ke5


51.Kg4 h5+ 52.Kf3 d5 53.exd5 Kxf5 54.d6 Ke6 55.Kxf4 Kxd6 56.Kg5 Kc5 57.Kxh5 Kb5 58.Kg4 Kxa5 59.Kf3 Kxb6 60.Ke2 Kc5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2127) - chessir13 (lichess 2179), lichess 10/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Bxg1 6.Rxg1 Ng4 7.h3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nf6 9.Be2 c5 10.Rf1 Nc6 11.Kf2 Be6 12.Kg1 Qb6 13.Qc2 c4+ 14.d4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Kh1 Nxe4


17.Bf3 Bf5 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Re1 d5 20.Nc3 f5 21.Rad1 Qe5 22.Qa4+, Black resigns.