Sunday, February 6, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/5/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1867) - BetelgeuseFive (Chess.com 1878), Chess.com 2/5/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 d6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 Be7 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 h6 7.h3 a5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O Nc5 10.c3 O-O 11.Nbd2 b6 12.Qc2 Ba6 13.Rae1 Re8


14.d4 Bxe2 15.Rxe2 Ne6 16.Bh2 Nd7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Ref2 Re7 22.Nc4 Qd5 23.Ne5 f6 24.Ng6 Ree8 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.axb3 Kh7 27.Nf4 Nxf4 28.Rxf4 Re2 29.R4f2 Rae8 30.Rxe2 Rxe2


31.Rf2 Re1+ 32.Rf1 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Kg6 34.Ke2 Kf5 35.Kf3 h5 36.c4 g5 37.g4+ hxg4+ 38.hxg4+ Ke6 39.Ke4 Kf7 40.Kf5 Kg7 41.Ke6 Kg6 42.d5 Kg7 43.Kd7 f5 44.gxf5 g4 45.Ke7 g3 46.f6+ Kh7 47.f7 g2 48.f8=Q g1=Q


49.Qf7+ Kh8 50.Kd8 Qg5+ 51.Kxc7 Qg3+ 52.d6 Qxb3 53.d7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

mariomaster (lichess 2048) - JimWest (lichess 2214), lichess 2/5/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe8 13.c4 Nbd7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.c4 Bc6 17.cxd5 Bxd5 18.Re1 Qg6 19.Bh4 e3


20.f3 Rfe8 21.Rb1 Rac8 22.Rb5 a6 23.Ra5 Rcd8 24.Qa4 b5 25.Qb4 Qh6 26.Bg3 Nh5 27.Be5 Nf4 28.a4 Nxe2+ 29.Rxe2 Bc4 30.Re1 e2 31.axb5 axb5


32.Ra7 Rxe5 33.dxe5 Qb6+ 34.Kh1 Qxa7 35.e6 Re8 36.Qd6 Qe7, White resigns.