Thursday, October 5, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/4/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

dzlth (Chess.com 1953) - JimWest (Chess.com 1910), Chess.com 10/4/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 c6 12.Be2 Bf8 13.Qe3 Bg7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Rdf1 Qf4 16.g3 Qxe3+ 17.fxe3 Be6 18.h4 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nd7


20.h5 Nxe5 21.hxg6 Nxg6 22.Kd2 Rxf1 23.Bxf1 Rf8 24.Be2 Rf2 25.Ke1 Rg2 26.g4 Bxg4 27.Bxg4 Rxg4 28.Ne2 Ne5 29.Nd4 Nf3+ 30.Nxf3 exf3 31.Rf1 Rg2 32.Kd1 f2


33.Ke2 Rh2 34.a4 a5 35.b3 h5 36.c4 dxc4 37.bxc4 c5 38.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Kg7 40.Kg3 Kf6 41.Kh4 Ke5 42.Kxh5 Ke4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2119) - anarkul_alymbayev (lichess 2047), lichess 10/4/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Bxb5 10.Qc8+ Ke7 11.Bg5+ f6 12.exf6+ gxf6 13.Qxb7+ Bd7 14.O-O-O fxg5 15.Qxa8 Bh6 16.Qxe4+ Kd8 17.Kb1 cxd4 18.Qxd4 Rg8


19.Qd5 Qxd5 20.Nxd5 Rf8 21.Nf3 Kc8 22.Ne5 Be6 23.Ne7+ Kb7 24.Rhf1 Re8 25.Nf5 Bf8 26.Nd3 Na6 27.Nd4 Bc4 28.Nb3 Bd6 29.Na5+, Black resigns.