Sunday, December 26, 2021

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/25/2021

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1878) - ratkomih (Chess.com 1873), Chess.com 12/25/2021

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 Nf6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.Bb5 dxe5 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nxe5 Bd6 14.Nf3 Ba6 15.Re1 Qf6 16.c3 Rae8 17.a4 Bf4 18.Na3 Be3+ 19.Bxe3 Nxe3


20.Qd2 Nf5 21.Nc2 Bb7 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Re1 Rd8 24.Qf4 c5 25.dxc5 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 Rd2 27.Nd4 Nxd4 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.cxd4 Rxd4 30.Re7 Rxa4 31.Rxc7 a5 32.Ra7 Ra1+ 33.Kf2 Ra2 34.Kf3 Rxb2 35.Rxa5 Rb3+ 36.Kf4 Rb2


37.Kg3 Rb3+ 38.Kh4 Rb2 39.Kh3 Rc2 40.g4 Kg7 41.Kg3 Kg6 42.h4 Rc3+ 43.Kf4 Rc4+ 44.Kf3 Rc3+ 45.Ke4 Rc4+ 46.Kd5 Rxg4 47.c6 Rxh4 48.Kd6 Rd4+ 49.Rd5 Rc4 50.Rc5 Rd4+ 51.Ke7 Re4+ 52.Kf8 Ra4 53.c7 Ra8+ 54.c8=Q Rxc8+ 55.Rxc8 f5


56.Rc1 h5 57.Rg1+ Kf6 58.Rg7 f4 59.Rxf7+ Kg5 60.Rg7+ Kf5 61.Rh7 Kg4 62.Rg7+ Kh3 63.Rf7 Kg3 64.Rg7+ Kh3 65.Rf7 Kg4 66.Rg7+ Kh4 67.Rf7 Kg3 68.Rg7+ Kh3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

santoshsahu (lichess 2195) - JimWest (lichess 2185), lichess 12/25/2021

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.a4 Bg4 7.c3 Nd7 8.Qb3 Nh6 9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Be7 12.d4 O-O-O 13.a5 g5 14.Be6 Kb8 15.a6 b6 16.Bxd7 Rxd7 17.Qe6 Ng8 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nxe5 Rd6


20.Qf7 Nh6 21.Qg7 Bf6 22.Qxc7+ Kxc7 23.Nc4 Rd3 24.e5 Be7 25.h4 b5 26.hxg5 Nf7 27.Nd6 Nxd6 28.exd6+ Bxd6 29.g3 fxg3 30.f4 h5 31.gxh6 Rxh6 32.f5 Bc5+, White resigns.