Saturday, October 23, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 10/22/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Olivier20092009 (Chess.com 1733) - JimWest (Chess.com 1812), Chess.com 10/22/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Qe2 Bxe6 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.c3 O-O-O


11.Be3 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Nd2 Bxb2 15.Nxe4 Bc3+ 16.Nxc3 Qxc3+ 17.Qd2 Qxd2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2188) - AkibaZoombinstein (lichess 2335), lichess 10/22/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.O-O Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 c6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Kh1 h5 15.Ne2 h4 16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Rxf5 Rd8


18.g4 hxg3 19.Nxg3 Ke7 20.Raf1 Rdf8 21.R5f3 Ke6 22.c3 Bg5 23.d4 Bf4 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Rd1 g6 26.Kg1 Rh4 27.a4 Rfh8 28.Rd2 Bxg3 29.hxg3 Rxe4 30.Rfd3 Re1+ 31.Kf2 Ra1 32.Re2+ Kf6 33.Rf3+ Kg7


34.Kg2 Rxa4 35.Re7 Rf8 36.Rxb7 Ra2 37.Rf2 g5 38.Rc7 Ra6 39.Rd2 Re8 40.Kf2 Rb8 41.b4 Kg6 42.Rd6+ f6 43.Rcxc6 Rxc6 44.Rxc6 Kf5 45.Rc5+ Ke4 46.g4 Rd8 47.Ke2 Kf4 48.Rf5+ Kxg4 49.Rxf6 Kg3


50.Rf3+ Kh4 51.Rf7 Rc8 52.Kd3 Ra8 53.b5 a5 54.bxa6 Rxa6 55.Rh7+ Kg3 56.Kc4 Rg6 57.Rh1 g4 58.Kb4 Kf2 59.Rc1 g3 60.c4 Re6 61.c5 Re1 62.Rxe1 Kxe1 63.c6 g2 64.c7 g1=Q 65.c8=Q Qd4+ 66.Qc4 Qxc4+ 67.Kxc4, draw.