Saturday, July 10, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/9/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

bruinlu (Chess.com 1835) - JimWest (Chess.com 1836), Chess.com 7/9/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.f4 O-O 10.f5 c5 11.Be3 Nc6


12.a3 cxd4 13.axb4 dxe3 14.b5 Ne7 15.g4 d4 16.g5 dxc3 17.gxf6 Qd2+ 18.Qxd2 cxd2+ 19.Ke2 Rxf6 20.Kxe3 Nxf5+ 21.Kxe4 Re8


22.Bh3 Rexe6+ 23.Kd3 Re3+ 24.Kxd2 Rxh3 25.Rxa7 Nd6, White resigns.


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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2194) - odhg1411 (lichess 2173), lichess 7/9/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Re8 10.O-O Bf8 11.f5 d5 12.Qc2 d4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nd2 b5 16.Nb3 Rad8


17.cxd4 Nb4 18.Qxc7 exd4 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Qg3 Rc8 21.a3 Nc2 22.Rac1 Ne3 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Nxc1 Qc6 26.Ne2 f6 27.e5 Qc2 28.Nxd4 Qb1+ 29.Kf2 Qxd3 30.Bd5+ Kh8 31.Qxe3 Qb1 32.exf6 Qxb2+ 33.Kf3 gxf6


34.Ne6 Qxa3 35.Nxf8 Qxf8 36.Qe6 a5 37.Qf7 Qxf7 38.Bxf7 a4 39.Be8 a3 40.Bf7 b4 41.Bb3 Kg7 42.g4 Kf8 43.Ke4 Ke7 44.Kd5 Kd7 45.Kc5 Kc7 46.Kxb4 Kd6 47.Kxa3 Ke5 48.Bf7 Kf4 49.Bh5 Kg3 50.Kb4 Kxh3


51.Kc5 Kg3 52.Kd5 Kf4 53.Ke6 Kg5 54.Kf7 Kh4 55.Kg6, Black resigns.