Friday, February 25, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1847) - BGurevitchWIC (Chess.com 1723), Chess.com 2/24/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4


9.Bb5 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qh4+ 11.g3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Zeenibrahem654 (lichess 2345) - JimWest (lichess 2245), lichess 2/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.Nc3 Bxg5 10.Nxg5 h6 11.Nge4 Qc7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Qe3 Kb8 14.f3 d5 15.Ng3 d4 16.Qf2 dxc3 17.Nxf5 cxb2+ 18.Kb1 Nb6


19.Qc5 Rd5 20.Qe7 Rd7 21.Qc5 Re8 22.Rde1 Rd5 23.Qa3 Nc8 24.f4 Ra5 25.Qc3 b6 26.fxe5 Qf7 27.e6 Qxf5 28.Qxc6 Qb5 29.Qxb5 Rxb5 30.Rhf1 Nd6 31.g4 a5 32.c4 Rg5 33.h3 Re7 34.Kxb2 Rg6 35.Rf8+ Kc7 36.Rg8 Ne8 37.Rf1 Rgxe6


38.Kc3 Re3 39.h4 Nf6 40.Rf8 Nxg4 41.R1f7 Rd7 42.Rxd7+ Kxd7 43.Kd4 Re7 44.Rb8 Kc7 45.Rf8 Nf6 46.c5 Rd7+ 47.Kc4 bxc5 48.Kxc5 Rxd3 49.a4 Rd5+ 50.Kc4 Rh5 51.Rf7+ Nd7 52.Rxg7 Rxh4+ 53.Kb5 Rh5+ 54.Kc4 Rc5+ 55.Kd4 Rg5 56.Rh7 h5


57.Kc4 Kd6 58.Rh6+ Ke7 59.Ra6 h4 60.Rh6 Ne5+ 61.Kd4 Ng6 62.Ke4 Kf6 63.Rh7 Rg4+ 64.Kd5 Rxa4 65.Kc5 Kg5 66.Kb5 Ra1 67.Rc7 Kg4 68.Rg7 Kf5 69.Rf7+ Ke6 70.Rg7 Kf6 71.Rh7 a4 72.Kb4 Kg5


73.Rc7 h3 74.Rc2 Kg4 75.Kc5 Nf4 76.Kd4 a3 77.Ke3 Re1+ 78.Kd4 Rg1 79.Ra2 Rg3 80.Rxa3 Rxa3 81.Ke4 h2 82.Ke5 h1=Q 83.Kf6 Qh6+ 84.Ke5 Ra5+ 85.Kd4 Qd6+ 86.Kc4 Qd5+ 87.Kb4 Qc5+ 88.Kb3 Ra3+ 89.Kb2 Qc3+, White resigns.