Thursday, February 24, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/23/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1843) - Anshul-30 (Chess.com 1916), Chess.com 2/23/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 Qc7 5.fxe5 Qxe5 6.Nf3 Qh5 7.Be2 d5 8.e5 Ng4 9.d4 Be7 10.O-O Qg6 11.Bd3 Qh5 12.h3 Nh6 13.Nh2 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Be6 15.Rf1 Nd7 16.c3 O-O-O 17.Nd2 f6 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Ndf3 Ne4


20.Bf4 Rdf8 21.Ne5 Bf6 22.Rae1 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Rxf1+ 24.Nxf1 Nf5 25.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Rxe4 Rg8 26.g4 Bd5 27.Rf4 Nh4 28.Ne3 Bxa2 29.Nf5 Nxf5 30.Rxf5 Bd5 31.b4 g6 32.Rf1 Kd7 33.g5 Re8 34.h4 Re7 35.Kh2 Rf7 36.Rxf7+ Bxf7


37.Bb8 a6 38.Kg3 b5 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.Bc7 Kd5 41.Ke3 Kc4 42.Kd2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Buldocek (lichess 2247) - JimWest (lichess 2243), lichess 2/23/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7


6.Bg5 exf3 7.Bxe7 fxe2 8.Bxf8 exf1=Q+ 9.Rxf1 Kxf8 10.Nc3 c6 11.Kd2 Bxf5 12.Rae1, White resigns.