Monday, January 17, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/16/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1848) - chenmh1027 (Chess.com 1890), Chess.com 1/16/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.O-O Re8


13.Kh1 Bxe4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Ng5 Ne3 16.Bxe3 Rxe3 17.Qh5 Qe8 18.Qxh7+ Kf8 19.Qh8+ Ke7 20.Qxg7 Qg8 21.Qxg8 Rxg8 22.Rae1 Rxe1 23.Rxe1+ Kf6 24.Nf3 Kf5 25.g3 Kg4 26.Kg2 Rg6 27.h3+ Kh5 28.g4+ Kh6 29.f5 Rg7


30.Re8 f6 31.Rf8 Re7 32.Rxf6+ Kh7 33.Re6 Rxe6 34.Ng5+ Kg7 35.Nxe6+ Kf7 36.Kf3 Kf6 37.Ke4 c6 38.g5+ Kf7 39.h4 c5 40.dxc5 dxc5 41.Kd5 c4 42.Kxc4 Bf2 43.h5 Be3 44.Kd3 Bc1 45.b3 a5 46.a4 b6 47.h6 Bb2


48.g6+ Kg8 49.h7+ Kh8 50.Kc4 Bc1 51.Kb5 Be3 52.f6 Bc5 53.Nxc5 bxc5 54.f7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

santoshsahu (lichess 2238) - JimWest (lichess 2203), lichess 1/16/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nc3 a5 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Na6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.Nh4 Ne6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nf5 O-O 16.Rad1 Kh8


17.Rd2 g6 18.Nh6 Bg7 19.Ng4 Nd4 20.Qd1 Bxg4 21.Qxg4 Qe7 22.Ne2 Nxe2+ 23.Qxe2 f3 24.Qd3 fxg2 25.Rfd1 Bh6 26.Qd7 Qc5 27.Qxb7, White resigns.