Saturday, August 7, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/6/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Jankosom (Chess.com 1846) - JimWest (Chess.com 1902), Chess.com 8/6/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Nb3 O-O-O 10.Nc3 d5 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.h3 h5 13.Re1 Rhe8 14.Nd1 Kb8


15.Ne3 Be6 16.c3 g6 17.Nc5 Nd7 18.Nxb7 Kxb7 19.Qa6+ Kb8 20.Qxc6 Nb6 21.Ba6 Bc8 22.Bxc8 Kxc8 23.Qxg6 Rh8 24.Qc6 Rd6 25.Qb5 Qf7 26.Rhf1 Rf6 27.Qe2 Rf8 28.Nd1 Nc4


29.b3 Nd6 30.Qxh5 Qxh5, White resigns.


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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1901) - Jankosom (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 8/6/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O Be7 12.c3 O-O 13.Be3 Bb5 14.Re1 Bh4 15.Nxh4 Qxh4 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Rae8


18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Bxf2 Bd3 20.Re3 Be4 21.c4 c6 22.Rc1 f6 23.exf6 Rxf6 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rc7 Rf7 26.Rec3 Ref8 27.Rxf7 Rxf7 28.Rc8+ Rf8 29.Rc7 Rf7 30.Rc8+ Rf8 31.Rc7 Rf7 32.Rc8+, draw,