Wednesday, November 24, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/23/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

maturner (Chess.com 1775) - JimWest (Chess.com 1819), Chess.com 11/23/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Be2 Bc5 7.Be3 Bxd4 8.Bxd4 Ne7 9.O-O O-O 10.Na3 c6 11.c4 Be6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nb5 Nbc6 14.Bc3 Qd7 15.Nd6 Nf5


16.Nxf5 Rxf5 17.Bg4 Rg5 18.Bxe6+ Qxe6 19.f4 exf3 20.Qxf3 Nxe5 21.Qf4 Rh5 22.Rae1 Re8 23.g4 Rh4 24.Qxe5 Qb6+, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2201) - adarlapelea (lichess 2297), lichess 11/23/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.f5 d5 8.Qc2 dxe4 9.dxe4 Ng4 10.h3 Nf2 11.Rh2 Qd6 12.g4 Rd8 13.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14.Kxf2 b6 15.Be3 Bb7 16.Nbd2 g6 17.Be2 Kg7 18.Rd1 Qe7


19.f6+ Qxf6 20.Bg5 Qe6 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 22.Bc4 Qe7 23.Bd5 Na5 24.Bxb7 Nxb7 25.Nc4 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 Nc5 27.Qd5 f6 28.g5 Nd7 29.gxf6+ Kxf6 30.Ne3 h5 31.Qc6+ Kg7 32.Nd5 Qf7 33.Qxc7 g5


34.Ke3 Qe6 35.Qd8 Kg6 36.Qxg5+, Black resigns.