Friday, February 18, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/17/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

kojakk15 (Chess.com 1919) - JimWest (Chess.com 1785), Chess.com 2/17/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.f4 Ne7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qh4 Nf5 10.Qf2 d4 11.a3 e3 12.Qe2 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 dxc3 14.Bxe3 Nc6 15.Ne4 Ncd4 16.Bxd4 Nxd4 17.Qf2 Bf5 18.Nf6+ Kf7 19.Bc4+ Kg7


20.O-O c5 21.Rfd1 Bxc2 22.Rdc1 Bb3 23.Rxc3 Bxc4 24.Rxc4 b6 25.Ne4 Qd5 26.Nd6 Rad8 27.Rc3 Rhf8 28.Rh3 Rxf4 29.Qe3 Rdf8 30.Rc1 Qa2 31.g3 Ne2+ 32.Kh1 Qd5+ 33.Ne4 Qxe4+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2218) - matenote (lichess 2332), lichess 2/17/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 f6 9.Bd3 Bf5 10.O-O Qd7 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.Nd2 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bg4 15.Qxg4 Qxg4 16.Bf5+ Qxf5 17.Rxf5 Be7 18.Nf3 c6


19.a4 Kd7 20.g4 Rhg8 21.h3 h5 22.Rxh5 Bd6 23.Rh7+ Kc8 24.Rb1 b6 25.Rxa7 Bc7 26.a5 bxa5 27.Bd2 f5 28.g5 Rh8 29.Kg2 Bf4 30.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 31.Kg3 Ne2+ 32.Kf2 Nxc3 33.Rbb7 Ne4+ 34.Kg2 Rde8


35.Rc7+ Kb8 36.Rab7+ Ka8 37.Ne5 Nd6 38.Ra7+ Kb8 39.Nxc6#.