Tuesday, December 21, 2021

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/20/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit

Georgy_Krasnoshekov (Chess.com 1918) - JimWest  (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 12/20/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.O-O Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bd6 9.c3 f4 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.b4 O-O-O 12.a4 Rde8 13.Nb3 Nd8 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.bxc5 Ne6 16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.Be2 Rd8


18.Bb2 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Bb3 20.Ra1 Rd8 21.Bc1 Bc2 22.f3 Bd3 23.Kf2 Bxe2 24.Kxe2 g5 25.Bb2 Nf7 26.h4 h6 27.Rh1 Rg8 28.c4 g4 29.fxg4 Rxg4 30.Kf3 Rg3+ 31.Kf2 Rb3 32.Ba1 Rb4 33.Rc1 Rxa4 34.Kf3 Ra3+ 35.Bc3 Kd7


36.Kg4 Ke6 37.h5 Ng5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2204) - bama1989 (lichess 2108), lichess 12/20/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Be7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.O-O Re8 12.g4 Bg6 13.Nh4 Bh7 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Nd5


16.Bf3 Nxf4 17.Bxc6 Nxh3+ 18.Kg2 bxc6 19.Kxh3 Bg5 20.Ne4 d5 21.Nxg5 Qxg5 22.Rf3 Re5 23.Qg1 Rae8 24.Qxa7 Re3 25.Raf1 h5 26.Qd4 hxg4+ 27.Qxg4 Rxf3+ 28.Rxf3 Qc1


29.Rf2 Qh1+ 30.Kg3 Qg1+ 31.Kf3 Qd1+ 32.Kf4 Qxd3 33.Qf3 Re4+ 34.Kg5 Re3 35.Qf4 Rg3+ 36.Kh4 Rh3+ 37.Kg4 Rg3+ 38.Qxg3, Black resigns.