Friday, January 28, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 1/27/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

IgorGolduban (Chess.com 1894) - JimWest (Chess.com 1848), Chess.com 1/27/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Bf4 Bc5 7.c4 c6 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Bb5+ Nc6 10.O-O Nge7 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh6 Nf5 13.Qh3 Nfd4 14.Bxc6+ bxc6 15.Qh6 Qe7 16.Nc3 Nf5 17.Qh3 Ne3


18.Qg3 Nxf1 19.Rxf1 O-O 20.Kh1 h6 21.Nh3 Bxh3 22.Bxh6 Bf5 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.h4 Qg7 25.Ne2 d4 26.Nf4 Qxe5 27.h5 Bd6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2202) - borodinka2020 (lichess 2165), lichess 1/27/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.f5 d5 10.Qc2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 d4 12.Bg5 b5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd2 b4 15.c4 a5 16.b3 Qd6 17.Kh1 Na7 18.Rg1 c5


19.g4 Bg5 20.Nf1 Nc6 21.Rd1 Ne7 22.Qf2 Qh6 23.Rg2 a4 24.Ng3 axb3 25.axb3 Ra3 26.Rb1 Rfa8 27.Nh5 Be3 28.Qg3 f6 29.h4 Ra1 30.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31.Kh2 Rb1 32.g5 fxg5 33.hxg5 Qd6 34.Ra2 Rxb3 35.Ra8+ Kf7


36.Kh3 Ra3 37.Rh8 h6 38.g6+ Nxg6 39.fxg6+ Ke7 40.Nxg7 Kd7 41.Bg4+ Kc6 42.Nf5 Bf4 43.Nxd6 Bxg3 44.Kxg3 Rxd3+ 45.Bf3 b3 46.g7 b2 47.g8=Q b1=Q 48.Qd5+ Kc7 49.Rh7+ Kb8 50.Qg8#.