Monday, February 21, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/20/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

shatranjdoost (Chess.com 1769) - JimWest (Chess.com 1825), Chess.com 2/20/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.a3 c6 7.Nbd2 Qc7 8.O-O f4 9.d4 Bg4 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.Bg4 Nxg4 15.Qxg4 Rae8


16.Rd1 Nf6 17.Qe2 Kh8 18.Nf3 Rd8 19.Bd2 Ng8 20.Rac1 Bf6 21.c4 Ne7 22.Bb4 c5 23.Bc3 Nc6 24.b4 Nd4 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.c5 a6 27.Nh2 g6 28.Qg4 Qc8 29.Qe2 Bg7 30.Nf3 h6 31.Qc4 g5 32.Nh2 Qc6 33.f3 h5


34.Rf1 Qg6 35.Rfe1 d3 36.Red1 Rd4 37.Qb3 Rfd8 38.Nf1 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.fxg4 Qxg4 41.Rc3 f3 42.Rd2 Bh6 43.Rf2 Rg8 44.Qb2 fxg2 45.Nh2 Qd1+ 46.Nf1 gxf1=Q+ 47.Kh2 Qg1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2228) - guedisa (lichess 2156), lichess 2/20/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Ne2 e3 10.O-O Qh4 11.h3 Nf2 12.Qe1 Bxh3


13.Bxe3 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Qe4+ 15.Kxf2 Qxc2 16.Qc3 Qf5+ 17.Ke1 Qh3 18.Qxc6+ Ke7 19.Bg5+ f6 20.exf6+ gxf6, Black resigns.