Sunday, October 1, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Avndyrfh43 (Chess.com 1734) - JimWest (Chess.com 1871), Chess.com 9/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.b6 Nxc4 8.bxc4 Qf6 9.c3 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Qe5 11.O-O Ng4 12.f4 Qh5 13.h3 Be7 14.hxg4 Bxg4 15.Qd5 O-O-O 16.Qxh5 Bxh5 17.Na3 d5 18.Ng3 Bf7 19.cxd5 Bxd5 


20.Nb5 Bc4 21.Re1 Bh4 22.Na7+ Kb8 23.Re3 Kxa7 24.Nf5 Bf6 25.Rg3 g6 26.Be3+ Kb8 27.Nd4 Rhe8 28.a4 c5 29.Nb5 Bxb5 30.axb5 Bxc3 31.Ra3 Rxe3 32.Rxc3 Rxg3 33.Rxg3 Rd4 34.Rg5 b6


35.f5 gxf5 36.Rxf5 Rb4 37.Rf8+ Kc7 38.Rf7+ Kd6 39.Rf6+ Kd5 40.Rxb6 c4 41.Rb8 c3 42.Rd8+ Kc4 43.Rc8+ Kb3 44.Kf2 Rxb5 45.Ke3 c2 46.Kd2 Rd5+ 47.Ke2 Rd1 48.Rb8+ Ka4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2105) - Muggel1992 (lichess 1967), lichess 9/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Bg4 9.f5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nh7 11.Be3 Bg5 12.Qd2 Bxe3+ 13.Qxe3 Qg5 14.Qxg5 Nxg5 15.Nd2 Rad8 16.Rae1 f6 17.h4 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 d5 


19.Rd1 dxe4 20.dxe4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Nxd8 23.Kf2 Nf7 24.Ke3 Nd6 25.Nd2 b5 26.b3 c5 27.g4 Kf7 28.Kd3 g6 29.fxg6+ Kxg6 30.c4 b4 31.Nf1 h5 32.Ne3 hxg4 33.Nxg4 Ne8 34.Ne3 Ng7 35.Nd5 Ne6


36.h5+ Kxh5 37.Nxf6+ Kg5 38.Nd5 Nd4 39.Ke3 Nc2+ 40.Kd3 Nd4 41.Ke3 Nc2+ 42.Kd2 Nd4 43.Ke3, draw.