Wednesday, March 30, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Szymen2007 (Chess.com 1746) - JimWest (Chess.com 1892), Chess.com 3/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.f3 Qe8 12.fxe4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Bf3 Qg6 17.Bxe4 Qxe4 18.Re1 Qg6


19.Qe2 Rae8 20.Qd3 Bf5 21.Qg3 Qxg3 22.hxg3 Bxc2 23.Bf4 Bg6 24.Be5 b5 25.a4 a6 26.axb5 axb5 27.Ra6 Rc8 28.Rf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 b4 30.Ra7 bxc3 31.Rxg7+ Kf8 32.Ke2 c5


33.Rd7 cxd4 34.Bxd4 c2 35.Be3 c1=Q 36.Bxc1 Rxc1 37.Rxd5 Rc2+ 38.Kf1 Be4 39.Rd4 Bxg2+ 40.Kg1 Bh3 41.g4 Rg2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2103) - paultink (lichess 2214), lichess 3/29/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Nf2 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Bxe3 Nxh1 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.O-O-O h5 12.Rf1 Nd8 13.Nd5 Qd7 14.Nh3 c6 15.Ndf4 Qg4 16.Rxh1 Qxf3 17.gxf3 Ne6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Bxe6 fxe6


20.Nf4 Kd7 21.Ng6 Rh7  22.Bg5 c5 23.dxc5 Bxc5 24.Rd1+ Kc7 25.c3 a6 26.b4 Bb6 27.a4 Re8 28.a5 Ba7 29.Kc2 b6 30.axb6+ Bxb6 31.h4 Kc8 32.Rd6 Kc7 33.c4 Kb7 34.c5 Bc7 35.Rd3 Kc6 36.Kb3 a5 37.Kc4 axb4 38.Kxb4 Rb8+ 39.Kc4 Rb2


40.Nf8 Rh8 41.Nxe6 Rhb8 42.Nd4+ Kd7 43.Nb5+ Kc8 44.Nxc7 Kxc7 45.Kd5 R8b3 46.Rxb3 Rxb3 47.f4 Rd3+ 48.Ke4 Rd1 49.Kf5 Kd7 50.Kg6 Ke6 51.c6 Kd5 52.c7 Rc1 53.Kxg7 Rxc7+ 54.Kg6 Ke6 55.Bf6 Rc1


56.f5+ Kd7 57.e6+ Ke8 58.Kxh5 Rg1 59.Bg5 Re1 60.Kg6 Kf8 61.h5 Rg1 62.h6 Kg8 63.f6, Black resigns.