Saturday, March 5, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/4/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Billuga (Chess.com 1732) - JimWest (Chess.com 1866), Chess.com 3/4/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.fxe6 Bb4 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Qe7 13.fxe4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nxe4


15.Rxf8+ Kxf8 16.Qxf1+ Kg8 17.Ba3 Qxa3 18.Qf7+ Kh8 19.Qf8+ Qxf8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2211) - sharlotta5624 (lichess 2136), lichess 3/4/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nf3 h6 9.h3 g5 10.Bh2 Bg7 11.d4 Qb4+ 12.c3 Qb6 13.e6 fxe6 14.Qxe6+ Ne7 15.Qxb6 cxb6 16.Bd3 O-O 17.O-O Nf6 18.Nbd2 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5


20.Rae1 Rae8 21.Ne5 Nd6 22.Ng6 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Re8 24.Re5 Kf7 25.Rxe8 Ndxe8 26.Ne5+ Ke6 27.g4 Nd6 28.Nef3 Nde4 29.Bb8 a6 30.a4 Nxd2 31.Nxd2 Bf8 32.Kf2 Bd6 33.Bxd6 Kxd6 34.Ke3 a5 35.b3 Kc6


36.Kd3 b5 37.axb5+ Kxb5 38.Nf3 Ne4 39.c4+ Kc6 40.Ne5+ Kd6 41.Nf7+ Ke6 42.Nxh6 Nf2+ 43.Kc3 Nxh3 44.cxd5+ Kxd5 45.Nf5 Nf2 46.Ne3+ Ke4 47.Nc4 Nxg4 48.Nd6+ Kd5 49.Nxb7 Nf2 50.Nxa5 g4


51.Nc4 g3 52.Ne3+ Ke4 53.Ng2+ Kf3 54.Ne1+ Ke2 55 Ng2 Kf3 56.Nh4+ Kg4 57.Ng2 Kf3, draw.