Thursday, March 10, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/9/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1820) - MoiduttyElangoli (Chess.com 1676), Chess.com 3/9/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Ndb7 8.O-O Be7 9.c3 c6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.f5 Nh7 12.a4 Bg5 13.Na3 Bxc1 12.Qxc1 f6 13.Qc2 Ng5 14.Qb3+ Kh8 15.Qxb7 Rb8 16.Qxc6 Rxb2 17.Qxd6 Nxf3 18.Rxf3 Nb6 19.Qxd8 Rxd8


20.a5 Na4 21.Nc4 Rc2 22.h3 Nxc3 23.Raf1 Ne2 24.Ne3 Ra2 25.Nc4 Nf4 26.R3f2 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Rxd3 28.Rd2 Rc3 29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Nd6 g5 31.Ne8 Nh5 32.Rd7+ Kg8 33.Rxa7 Ng3+ 34.Kh2 Nxe4 35.a6 Rc8 36.Nc7 Nc5


37.Ne6 Nxe6 38.fxe6 Kf8 39.Rb7 Ra8 40.a7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

cepeerha4 (lichess 2092) - JimWest (lichess 2193), lichess 3/9/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Bc4 f5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Ng5 Nh6 8.O-O Bd6 9.c3 Ke7 10.Be3 f4 11.Bc1 Nd8 12.Nd2 Nhf7 13.Ndf3 h6 14.Nxf7 Nxf7 15.b4 Be6 16.Be2 g5 17.a3 Rag8


18.Kh1 g4 19.Nh4 Ng5 20.Bd3 f3 21.g3 Kf6 22.c4 c6 23.c5 Bc7 24.Be3 Rd8 25.Bc2 Nh3 26.Rad1 h5 27.a4 a6 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Bxd1 Bd8 31.Bc2 Kg7 32.Bd3 Bxh4 33.gxh4 Nf4 34.Bxf4 exf4


35.Kg1 Kf6 36.Kf1 Ke5 37.Ke1 Bf7 38.b5 axb5 39.axb5 cxb5 40.Bxb5 Kxe4 41.c6 bxc6 42.Bxc6+ Kd4 43.Kf1 Kd3 44.Bb5+ Kd2 45.Bc6 Bg6 46.Bd5 Be8 47.Be4 Bf7 48.Bc6 Bg6 49.Bd5 Be8 50.Be4 Bf7 51.Bc6, draw.