Wednesday, July 7, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/6/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

sofolevani (Chess.com 1694) - JimWest (Chess.com 1820), Chess.com 7/6/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Qe2 c6 9.Nc3 d5 10.O-O-O Nf6 11.h3 h6 12.g4 Bh7 13.Bg2 Nbd7 14.Rde1 O-O-O


15.f4 Rhe8 16.Qe3 b5 17.Ne2 Nb6 18.Qc3 Qc7 19.Ng3 Na4 20.Qe3 c5 21.b3 cxd4 22.Qxd4 Qc3 23.Qxa7 Qb2+ 24.Kd1 Nc3#.


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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2180) - Momchi (lichess 2185), lichess 7/6/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Nd7 8.d4 Be7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 h6 11.O-O Nb6 12.Nbd2 f6 13.Bg3 fxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bf6


16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Rxf6 Qxf6 18.Qf3 Qxf3 19.Nxf3 c6 20.Re1 Bd7 21.Ne5 Re8 22.Rf1 Be6 23.Bf5 Bxf5 24.Rxf5 Rf8 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Kf2 Ke7 27.Kf3 Nc8 28.h4 Kf6 29.g4 Nd6 30.Kf4 g5+ 31.hxg5+ hxg5+ 32.Ke3 Nf7 33.Nxf7 Kxf7


34.a4 a5 35.b3 Ke6 36.Kd3 Kd6 37.b4 b6 38.Kc2 Kc7 39.Kb3 Kb7 40.bxa5 bxa5 41.c4 Kb6 42.cxd5 cxd5 43.Kc3 Kc6 44.Kd3, draw.