Wednesday, March 9, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/8/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

ChackieChan (Chess.com 1826) - JimWest (Chess.com 1815), Chess.com 3/8/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Ne6 Bxe6 7.fxe6 d5 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Be3 Qxe6 12.Be2 Nc6 13.O-O Rad8 14.Qa4 Kh8


15.Rad1 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nd5 17.Bd2 e3 18.fxe3 Nxe3 19.Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.Re1 Nd5 21.Bc4 Qd6 22.Qc2 Nb6 23.Bd3 h6 24.Bc1 Rd8 25.Qe2 Nxd4 26.Qe4 Nf3+ 27.Qxf3 Qxd3 28.Re8+ Kh7 29.Rxd8 Qxd8 30.Qf5+ Kh8


31.Be3 c6 32.Bd4 Qe7 33.Kf2 Nd7 34.Qg6 Nf6 35.Kf3 Kg8 36.Qf5 a6 37.h4 Qf7 38.g4 Qd5+ 39.Kf4 Qxf5+ 40.Kxf5 Kf7 41.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 g6+ 33.Ke5 Ne8 34.Bb6 Ke7 35.a4 Kd7 36.a5 Ke7 37.c4 Kd7 38.Bc5 Nc7 39.Kf6 Ne6 40.Be3 Kd6


41.Kxg6 Ke5 42.Kf7 Nxg5+ 43.Bxg5 Kd4 44.Ke6 Kxc4 45.Bd8 Kb4 46.Kd7 c5 47.Kc8 c4 48.Kxb7 Kb5 49.Ka7 c3 50.Kb7 c2 51.Bg5 Kxa5 52.Kc6 Kb4 53.Kd5 a5 54.Kd4 Kb3 55.Bc1 a4 56.Kd3 a3 57.Bxa3 Kxa3 58.Kxc2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2187) - MajorJohsson (lichess 2243), lichess 3/8/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 b6 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Bd3 a5 13.Bc2 a4 14.Ne2 b5 15.Ng3 b4 16.cxb4 Bxb4 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.Be3 Qb5 19.Qf1 Qc6


20.Qc4 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.Rhe1 Ba6 23.Qc3 Rfb8 24.Nf3 Nfd7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Qxc5 Rb5 27.Qc3 f6 28.Bxa4 Rxb2+ 29.Qxb2 Qxa4 30.Qb3+ Qxb3+ 31.axb3 Bd3+, Black resigns.