Thursday, October 21, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1809) - paulmacariola03 (Chess.com 1756), Chess.com 10/20/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.d5 Nxe5 13.dxe6 Nxf3 14.exf7+ Qxf7 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Nxf3 Re8 17.Bxa7 b6 18.Rxh1 Bb4


19.Nd5 Bd6 20.Nxb6 cxb6 21.Bxb6 Re2 22.Rf1 Ke7 23.Rf2 Rxf2 24.Bxf2 Rf8 24.Bd4 g6 25.Kd2 Rd8 26.Kd3 Bc5 27.c3 Bxd4 28.Nxd4 Rf8 29.Nf3 h6 30.h4 Ra8 31.a3 Ra4 32.c4 Kd6 33.Kc3 Kc5 34.b4+ Kc6 35.Kb3 Ra8


36.Ne5+ Kd6 37.Nxg6 Rg8 38.h5 Ke6 39.g4 Rd8 40.Kc3 Rd1 41.Nf4+ Kd7 42.Nd5 Rg1 43.Ne3 Rg3 44.Kd4 Rg1 45.a4 Ra1 46.a5 Rb1 47.Kc5 Rb3 48.Nf5 Kc7 49.Nxh6 Rb1 50.b5 Kb7 51.Nf7 Rg1 52.Ne5 Re1 53.Kd5 Rd1+ 54.Ke6 Rh1


55.a6+ Kb6 56.Kf5 Rh2 57.Kg6 Re2 58.Nc6 Kc5 59.a7 Ra2 60.h6 Kxc4 61.h7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Malechias (lichess 2177) - JimWest (lichess 2186), lichess 10/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bc4 f5 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Nd5 Rf8 13.Rhe1 Bg4 14.Rd3 Nb4 15.Nxb4 Bxb4 16.c3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Bc5


18.Re2 Rd8 19.f4 Rxd3 20.Bxd3 Bd6 21.Bxh7 Rh8 22.Be4 b6 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.f4 Kd8 25.f5 Ke7 26.Rg2 Rh4 27.Re2 Kf6 28.Kc2 a5 29.a4 Bc5 30.Kd3 Bg1 31.Rg2 Bxh2 32.Rg6+ Ke7 33.Rg7+ Kd6 34.f6 Rh3+ 35.Kc2 Rh8


36.f7 Rf8 37.Bg6 Ke7 38.Rg8 e4 39.Kd2 Bf4+ 40.Ke2 Bc1 41.b4 Ba3 42.bxa5 bxa5 43.Ke3 Bb2 44.Kd4 e3 45.Bh5 e2 46.Rxf8 Kxf8 47.Bxe2 Kxf7 48.Kc4 Ke7 49.Kb3 Bc1 50.Kc4 Kd6 51.Kb5 Bd2 52.c4 Bb4 53.Bf3, draw.