Monday, November 1, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 10/31/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1850) - steny0 (Chess.com 1691), Chess.com 10/31/2021

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 Be6 8.O-O Qd7 9.Ng5 O-O-O 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.c3 Rdf8 12.Nd2 h6 13.d4 g5 14.Bg3 Kb8 15.Qc2 h5


16.e5 Ng4 17.Bxg4 hxg4 18.Rxf8+ Rxf8 19.Rf1 dxe5 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.dxe5 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Be3 23.Nc4 Bf4 24.Qe2 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Qh7+ 26.Kg1 Qf5 27.a4 a6 28.a5 Ne7 29.Qf1 Kc8 30.Qxf5 Nxf5 31.Kf2 Kd7


32.Ne3 Kc6 33.Nxg4 Kd5 34.b3 c5 35.Kf3 Ne7 36.Ne3+ Kxe5 37.Nc4+ Kf6 38.Nd6 Nd5 39.c4 Nc3 40.Nxb7 Ke5 41.Nxc5 Nb1 42.Nxa6 Nd2+ 43.Kg4 Nxb3 44.Kxg5 Nxa5 45.c5 Kd5 46.Kf4 e5+ 47.Kf3 e4+ 48.Ke2 Nc4


49.g4 Ne5 50.g5 Ng6 51.Ke3 Ne5 52.g3 Ng6 53.c6 Kxc6 54.Kxe4 Kd6 55.Nb4 Ke6 56.Nd3 Ne7 57.Nf4+ Kf7 58.Ke5 Nc6+ 59.Kd6 Nd4 60.g4 Nb5+ 61.Ke5 Na3 62.g6+ Kg7 63.Kf5 Nc4 64.Nh5+ Kg8


65.g7 Nd6+ 66.Kg6 Ne4 67.Nf6+ Nxf6 68.Kxf6 Kh7 69.Kf7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

chalime64 (lichess 2121) - JimWest (lichess 2160), lichess 10/31/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 f4 7.Nf3 Nb8 8.g3 fxg3 9.fxg3 Ng4 10.O-O Nf6 11.Nh4 Be7 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Rxf5 O-O 14.Nc3 Kh8 15.Be3 Nbd7


16.Qf3 Nb6 17.Bb3 Nfd7 18.Rf1 g6 19.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.Qg4 Qg7 21.Nb5 Nf6 22.Qh3 Bd8 23.Qe6 a6 24.Nc3 Qd7 25.Rxf6 Bxf6 26.Qxf6+ Qg7 27.Bg5 Rf8 28.Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.Kg2 Nd7 30.Bc4 b5 31.Be2 b4 32.Nd1 a5


33.c3 Nc5 34.Bf3 h6 35.Bd2 bxc3 36.Bxc3 a4 37.a3 g5 38.g4 Nd3 39.Ba5 Rf7 40.h3 Kg6 41.Bc3 Nf4+ 42.Kg3 Nd3 43.Ne3 Nc5 44.Nf5 Nd3 45.Ne3 Nc5 46.Nf5 Nd3 47.Ne3, draw.