Monday, May 3, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/2/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

iliatar (Chess.com 1922) - JimWest (Chess.com 1975), Chess.com 5/2/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.d4 Qc7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ng5 h6 10.Ne6 Bxe6 11.Bxe6 Nbd7 12.f3 O-O-O 13.Qe2 Kb8 14.b3 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Bd4 16.Bb2 Nf8 17.Bh3 g5


18.Na4 Bxb2 19.Nxb2 h5 20.Rad1 N8d7 21.Bf5 Rdg8 22.Nc4 Rg7 23.Nd6 g4 24.c4 gxf3 25.gxf3 Rhg8 26.Bh3 Qb6 27.Nf5 Rh7 28.Qd2 Qc5 29.Rg1 Rhh8 30.Qd6+ Qxd6 31.Rxg8+ Rxg8 32.Rxd6 Kc7 33.Re6 Re8


34.Rxe8 Nxe8 35.Nh4 a5 36.Bxd7 Kxd7 37.Nf5 Ke6 38.Kg2 Kf6 39.Kh3 Kg5 40.c5 h4 41.Nxh4 Nc7 42.Nf5 Ne6 43.Kg2 Nxc5 44.h4+ Kh5 45.Kf1 Nd3 46.Nd6 b5 47.Nb7 Kxh4 48.Nxa5 Kg3 49.Ke2 Nc1+ 50.Kd2 Nxa2


51.Nxc6 Kxf3 52.Nxe5+ Kxe4 53.Nd3 f3 54.Nf2+ Kd4 55.Nd1 Nb4 56.Nf2 Nd5 57.Nd3 b4 58.Nf2 Nc3 59.Nd3 Ne4+ 60.Kc2 f2, White resigns.


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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2288) - RektDog6 (lichess 2098), lichess 5/2/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Nf3 Qf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Qe7 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 f6


15.Qb3+ Kh8 16.Ba3 Qe8 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Rae1 b6 20.Ng5 Bb7 21.Nxh7 Qh6 22.h3 Na5 23.Qe6 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rg8 25.hxg4 Qd2+ 26.Re2 Qxd3 27.Qxf6+ Kxh7 28.Rh1+ Qh3+ 29.Rxh3#.