Sunday, November 21, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 11/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1804) - rjr_chess (Chess.com 1823), Chess.com 11/20/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Ne3 7.Bxe3 fxe3 8.d4 Bg4 9.Be2 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qd8 12.O-O g6 13.Qd3 c6 14.Qxe3 Nd7 15.c3 Qe7 16.Nd2 O-O-O


17.Bg4 h5 18.Bxd7+ Rxd7 19.Nb3 h4 20.Nc5 Rd8 21.Qf3 hxg3 22.hxg3 Qg5 23.Kg2 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Rh5 25.Qf4 Qe7 26.Qxf7 Qxc5 27.Rae1 Rdh8 28.Qe6+ Kc7 29.Qd6+ Qxd6 30.exd6+ Kxd6 31.Rf6+ Kc5


32.Rxg6 Rh2+ 33.Kf3 Rxb2 34.Re7 Kc4 35.Rgg7 Rxa2 36.Rxb7 a5 37.Rbc7 c5 38.Rg4+ Kxc3 39.Rxc5+ Kb3 40.Rxd5 Ra8 41.Re4 Rc2 42.Rb5+ Ka3 43.Ree5 a4 44.Re4 Ka2 45.Rbb4 a3 46.Re2 Rac8 47.Rxc2+ Rxc2


48.g4 Ka1 49.Kf4 a2 50.Kf5 Rb2 51.Ra4 Kb1 52.g5 a1=Q 53.Rxa1+ Kxa1 54.g6 Rf2+ 55.Kg5 Kb2 56.g7 Kc3 57.Kh6 Rh2+ 58.Kg6 Kd4 59.g8=Q Rg2+ 60.Kf7 Rxg8 61.Kxg8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Araweth (lichess 2287) - JimWest (lichess 2202), lichess 11/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Ne6 Bxe6 8.fxe6 Bb4 9.Bg5 O-O 10.Be2 Qd6 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Bg4 c6 13.O-O Bxc3 14.bxc3 Na6 15.Rb1 b6 16.Qe2 Nc7


17.f3 exf3 18.Rxf3 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Re8 20.Re1 Qa3 21.Qe5 Qxc3 22.Re3 Qd2 23.Re2 Qd1+ 24.Kg2 Nb5 25.e7 Nxd4 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Re1 Qxf3+ 28.Kg1 Nxe6 29.Qxe6 Qf6 30.Rf1 Qxe6 31.Rf8+ Qg8, White resigns.