Thursday, March 3, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/2/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1864) - fdjhfit47 (Chess.com 1686), Chess.com 3/2/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.h3 Nc6 8.Be2 Re8 9.O-O Nd7 10.c3 Nde5 11.d4 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bg5 13.Bxg5 Qxg5 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Bd7 16.Rae1 f6


17.Nc4 Nd8 18.Ne3 Nf7 19.Bg4 Bxg4 20.Nxg4 Re7 21.h4 Rae8 22.Rf4 d5 23.Nf2 Nd6 24.h5 Nxe4 25.h6 Nxf2 26.Rxe7 Nh3+ 27.gxh3 Rxe7 28.hxg7 Rxg7+ 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Rh4 Ke6 31.a4 Kf5 32.Kf3 Ke6 33.a5 Kf7


34.b4 Kg6 35.Rg4+ Kh6 36.Rh4+ Kg6 37.Rg4+ Kf7 38.Rh4 Kg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

deki123 (lichess 2142) - JimWest (lichess 2203), lichess 3/2/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.O-O Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Nf6 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.Ne1 Nd4 11.Bb3 O-O-O 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxd4 Bxd4 14.Na4 Ne4 15.Nd3 b5 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bxc3 18.Rab1 Bxd3 19.cxd3 c6


20.a4 b4 21.Be6+ Kc7 22.a5 c5 23.Bc4 Rhf8 24.Kf1 Rd4 25.Ke2 e4 26.Bb5 exd3+ 27.Rxd3 Rxd3 28.Bxd3 h6 29.f3 Re8+ 30.Be4 Rd8 31.Bd3 g5 32.Rd1 Re8+ 33.Be4 Bd4 34.Kd3 b3 35.Kc4 b2 36.g3 Rb8


37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 Rb4+ 39.Kd5 Ra4 40.f5 Rxa5 41.Ke6 Ra6+ 42.Ke7 Bf6+ 43.Ke8 Rd6 44.Re1 a5 45.Kf7 a4 46.Bb1 a3 47.Rg1 Bd4 48.Rf1 c4 49.Re1 c3 50.Re2 Rc6 51.Rc2 Kb6 52.Ke7 Ka5 53.Ba2 Rf6 54.Rg2 Rxf5


55.Ke6 Rf1 56.Kd5 Bf6 57.Re2 b1=Q 58.Bxb1 Rxb1 59.Kc4 Rb4+ 60.Kd3 Rb2 61.Re1 a2 62.Ra1 Kb4 63.h4 Kb3 64.h5 Rb1 65.Rxa2 Kxa2 66.Kc2 Rh1 67.Kd3 Rxh5 68.Kc2 Rc5 69.Kc1 c2


70.Kd2 c1=Q+ 71.Kd3 Qc3+ 72.Ke2 Bg5 73.Kf2 Qe3+ 74.Kg2 Rc2+ 75.Kh1 Qe1#.