Sunday, January 23, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Smyslov63 (Chess.com 1825) - JimWest (Chess.com 1829), Chess.com 1/22/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Nfd2 Nc6 7.c3 Bxf5 8.f3 exf3 9.Qxe7+ Bxe7 10.Nxf3 O-O-O 11.Be2 Nf6 12.O-O Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Nd2 Re8 18.Rae1 Rde6


19.Rxe6 Rxe6 20.Kf2 h5 21.g3 Kd8 22.Re1 Rxe1 23.Kxe1 Ke7 24.Kf2 Nd8 25.Ke3 Ne6 26.h4 c6 27.Nb3 b6 28.Nc1 g5 29.Nd3 g4 30.Bg2 Kd6 31.Nf4 Ng7 32.Kd3 Nf5 33.Ne2 c5 34.b3 cxd4 35.cxd4 a5 36.a3 b5


37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 Nd7 39.Nf4 Nf6 40.Ne2 Kc6 41.Bh1 Nd6 42.Nf4 Nc4 43.Bg2 Kd6 44.Ne2 Kc6 45.Bh1 Nd6 46.Ke3 Kd7 47.Kf4 Ke6 48.Kg5 Nde4+ 49.Bxe4 dxe4 50.Nf4+ Kf7 51.Kf5 e3


52.Ke5 Ke7 53.d5 Ne8 54.Kd4 Nd6 55.Nxh5 e2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2196) - MP_chess_King (lichess 2307), lichess 1/22/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.h3 Nh5 8.Bxh5 Qh4+ 9.Kd2 Qf2+ 10.Nce2 Be3+ 11.Kc3 Bd4+ 12.Nxd4 exd4+ 13.Kb3 a5 14.a4 Be6+ 15.Ka3 Nb4 16.Bd2 Qh4 17.Bg4 f5 18.Bxf5 Bxf5 19.exf5 O-O


20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Bxb4 axb4+ 22.Ka2 Rxa4+ 23.Kb1 Rxa1+ 24.Kxa1 Qxf5 25.Nxd4 Ra8+ 26.Kb1 Qd5 27.c3 Qa2+ 28.Kc2 Qa4+ 29.Nb3 bxc3 30.Qa1 cxb2 31.Qxa4 Rxa4 32.Kxb2 Rxf4 33.Rc1 c5 34.Rc2 Kf7


35.Nd2 Rf2 36.Ne4 Rxc2+ 37.Kxc2 Ke7 38.Kc3 b6 39.Kc4 Kd7 40.Kd5 b5 41.Nxd6 b4 42.Ne4 b3 43.Nxc5+ Ke7 44.Nxb3, Black resigns.