Monday, January 3, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/2/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1858) - janusz191 (Chess.com 1689), Chess.com 1/2/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 O-O 9.Bd3 Bf5 10.Nf3 Be7 11.O-O Bg6 12.Re1 Nc5 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.Nc3 Ne6 15.Nd5 Bc5+ 16.Be3 Bxe3+ 17.Rxe3 Nc6 18.c3 Rad8 19.Rd1 Nf4


20.c4 Rfe8 21.g3 Nxd5 22.cxd5 Nb4 23.Rb3 Nxd5 24.Rxb7 a6 25.Ra7 Ne3 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rxc7 Rd1+ 28.Kf2 Ng4+ 29.Ke2 Rd5 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.Ng5+ Kh6 32.Nxf7+ Kh5 33.Rh8+ Nh6 34.Nxh6 gxh6 35.Re8 Kg5


36.e6 Kf6 37.Ke3 Re5+ 38.Kd3 Rxe6 39.Rxe6+ Kxe6 40.b4 Kd5 41.a4 g5 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Kc5 44.Ke4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

iustin1503 (lichess 2138) - JimWest (lichess 2178), lichess 1/2/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.c3 Qf6 7.d4 g5 8.h3 Ne7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.b3 h5 11.Bb2 g4


12.hxg4 hxg4 13.Nfd2 Qh4 14.f3 g3, White resigns.