Saturday, May 29, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/28/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2017) - ALM17 (Chess.com 1852), Chess.com 5/28/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Nxe2 Nc6 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2 Ng5 12.Nf3 O-O 13.c3 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Bg5 15.f4 Bh6 16.Ng3 g6


17.f5 Bxc1 18.Qxc1 Kh8 19.Qh6 Rg8 20.f6 Qf8 21.Qxf8 Rgxf8 22.Rae1 Nd8 23.Ne2 Ne6 24.Nf4 Nxf4 25.Rxf4 h5 26.h4 Rae8 27.a4 b6 28.b3 Re6 29.c4 Rd8 30.Rc1 c5

31.a5 cxd4 32.cxd5 Rxd5 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.Rc7 Kg8 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Rc7 Kg8 37.Rc8+ Kh7, draw.


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Philidor Counter Gambit

Dzejkobo (lichess 2222) - JimWest (lichess 2251), lichess 5/28/2021

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Rhe1 Bg4 12.Bb5 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Kd7 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Rae8 16.Bxd6 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 Kxd6


18.Kd2 Re8 19.Rxe8 Nxe8 20.Ne4+ Kd7 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nf3 Nd6 23.Ne5+ Ke6 24.Nxc6 Nxb5 25.Nd8+ Kf5 26.Nxb7 Kg4 27.c3 Kh3 28.Ke3 Kxh2 29.Kf3 g5 30.a4 Nd6 31.Nxd6 cxd6 32.b4 h5 33.a5 g4+ 34.Kf4 Kg2



35.b5 Kxf2 36.b6 axb6 37.axb6 g3 38.b7 g2 39.b8=Q g1=Q 40.Qb6+ Kg2 41.Qc6+ Kh2 42.c4 Qd4+ 43.Kg5 Qg4+ 44.Kf6 Qf4+ 45.Ke6 Qe5+ 46.Kd7 h4 47.Qxd6+ Qxd6+ 48.Kxd6 h3 49.c5 Kg3 50.c6 h2 


51.c7 h1=Q 52.c8=Q Qd1+ 53.Ke7 Qe2+ 54.Kd8 Qd3+ 55.Qd7 Qxd7+ 56.Kxd7, draw.