Thursday, December 16, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/15/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1844) - Roughknight8 (Chess.com 1690), Chess.com 12/15/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 Bg4 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.c3 Bg6 12.a4 Bf6 13.Qc2 a5 14.Rae1 Re8


15.Kh1 Nce5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Nc4 Qg5 19.Qd2 Qxd2 20.Nxd2 Nc5 21.Ra1 Rad8 22.Nc4 b6 23.Rfd1 f6 24.Ne3 Ne6 25.Nd5 c6 26.Nxb6 Nf4 27.Bf1 Bf7 28.g3 Nh5 29.Kh2 Rb8 30.Nc4 Bxc4 31.dxc4 Rxb2+ 32.Bg2 Reb8


 33.h4 Re2 34.Re1 Rbb2 35.Rxe2 Rxe2 36.Rd1 Re3 37.Rd6 Rxg3 38.Rxc6 Rxc3 39.Rc5 Nf4 40.Kg1 Rg3 41.Rxa5 Rxg2+ 42.Kh1 Rc2 43.Rc5 Re2 44.a5 Rxe4 45.a6 Re2 46.a7 Ra2 47.Rc8+ Kf7 48.a8=Q Rxa8 49.Rxa8 Ke7


50.Ra7+ Kf8 51.Kh2 h6 52.Kg3 g5 53.hxg5 hxg5 54.Kg4 e4 55.Kf5 e3 56.Kxf6 Ke8 57.Re7+ Kd8 58.Rxe3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Berser99 (lichess 2094) - JimWest (lichess 2204), lichess 12/15/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Bd6 9.c4 c6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.c5 Bf4 12.g3 Bxd2 13.Bxd2 Nbd7 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Bh3 16.Re1 Qe8 17.Bf4 Qg6


18.b5 axb5 19.axb5 Bg4 20.Bd6 Rfe8 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Bxg4 Qxg4 24.Qxg4 Nxg4 25.h3 Ngf6 26.g4 h6 27.Kg2 Nf8 28.Rb1 Ne6 29.Rb4 h5 30.gxh5 Nxh5 


31.Be5 Nhf4+ 32.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 33.Kg3 Ne6 34.Ne2 Ra2 35.Nc3 Ra3, White resigns.