Saturday, September 11, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/10/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

RPG31 (Chess.com 1798) - JimWest (Chess.com 1855), Chess.com 9/10/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Nd4 9.Qd1 Nxf5


10.Be2 Nd4 11.O-O Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 Bf5 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.Ndxe4 Bxe4 15.f3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2304) - Leciel724 (lichess 2265), lichess 9/10/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bd3 c5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.O-O Qb6


14.Nxd5 Qa5 15.Nxb4 Nxb4 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.Bxb4 Qxb4 18.Qe2 Nb6 19.a3 Qe7 20.Rac1 Be6 21.Qe4 g6 22.Qh4 Qxh4 23.Nxh4 Nd5 24.Be4 Ne3 25.Rfe1 Nd5 26.Nf3 h6 27.Rc5 Nf4 28.Rc7 Rfc8 29.Rxb7 Rab8


30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.b4 Rc8 32.g3 Nh3+ 33.Kg2 Rc3 34.d5 Bg4 35.e6 f5 36.e7 Kf7 37.e8=Q+ Kxe8 38.Bxf5+ Kd8 39.Bxg4 Ng5 40.Nxg5 hxg5 41.Re6 Rxa3 42.Rxg6 Rb3 43.Rxg5 Rxb4 44.Be6 a5 45.d6 Ke8 46.Rg8#.