Wednesday, January 19, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/18/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Kamilnv (Chess.com 1720) - JimWest (Chess.com 1823), Chess.com 1/18/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nc3 c6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Ne2 Qd6 12.g3 Qxe6 13.Nf4 Qe7 14.Qh5+ Qf7 15.Qg4 O-O 16.c3 Re8 17.Bh3 Na6 18.O-O Nc7


19.Rae1 Re7 20.Ng2 Rae8 21.Ne3 h5 22.Qf4 g6 23.g4 Ne6 24.Qg3 Ng5 25.gxh5 Nf3+ 26.Kh1 Bh4 27.Qg4 Nxe1 28.Rxe1 Qf3+ 29.Qxf3 exf3 30.Rg1 Rg7 31.hxg6 Bxf2 32.Nf5 Bxg1 33.Kxg1 Rxg6+ 34.Kf2 Rf6


35.Ne3 Rh6 36.Bf5 Rxh2+ 37.Kg3 Rxb2 38.Kxf3 Rxa2 39.Ng4 Rf8 40.Kf4 Ra3 41.Kg5 Rxf5+ 42.Kxf5 Rxc3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2194) - sanjeev-iiserm (lichess 2075), lichess 1/18/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 Be6 8.h3 Qd7 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nxe6 Qxe6 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Nc3 Kb8 13.Bh2 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Bf3 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Bd6 18.Bxc6 Qxc6 19.Bxd6 Rxd6


20.Rxf7 Rg6 21.Qf3 Qxf3 22.Rxf3 b6 23.Raf1 Kb7 24.Rf8 Rxf8 25.Rxf8 Rc6 26.Rf2 Rf6 27.Rxf6 gxf6 28.g4 Kc6 29.Kg2 Kd5 30.c3 a5 31.a4 c6 32.Kf3 b5 33.b3 b4 34.cxb4 axb4 35.Kf4 Kc5 36.Kf5 Kd4


37.Kxf6 Kc3 38.a5 Kxb3 39.a6 Kc3 40.a7 b3 41.a8=Q b2 42.Qxc6+, Black resigns.