Tuesday, April 12, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/11/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Instrinsic29 (Chess.com 1901) - JimWest (Chess.com 1896), Chess.com 4/11/2022

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.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.Ng4 Qg7 14.g3 c6 15.Bg2 Nb6 16.a3 Bd6 17.Ne3 Be6 18.Nb1 Rf7 19.O-O Raf8


20.Nd2 Na4 21.c4 Nxb2 22.cxd5 cxd5 23.Nxe4 Nxd1 24.Nxd6 Nxe3 25.Nxf7 Nxf1 26.Ng5 Bf7 27.Nxf7 Qxf7 28.Kxf1 Rc8 29.Bh1 Qf5 30.Bf3 Qh3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2108) - deepblue2xy (lichess 2119), lichess 4/11/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Bd3 d5 10.e5 Nc6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nh6 14.Qb3 Qd8 15.Ba3 Re8 16.Rae1 Na5 17.Qc2 g6 18.h3 Bf5


19.g4 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Nc4 21.Bc1 Qd7 22.f5 gxf5 23.Bxh6 Kh8 24.gxf4 Rg8+ 25.Kh2 f6 26.Rg1 Qf7 27.Rxg8+ Rxg8 28.Rg1 Rxg1+ 29.Kxg1 Qh5 30.Bf4 Qxh3 31.Bh2 Qg4+ 32.Kf2 Kg7 33.exf6+ Kxf6 34.Bxc7 h5


35.Bd8+ Kf7 36.Qxc4 dxc4 37.Ne5+ Ke8 38.Nxg4 hxg4 39.Bh4 b5 40.a3 a5 41.Ke3 b4 42.cxb4 axb4 43.axb4 Kd7 44.Be1 Kc6 45.Kf4 Kd5 46.Bc3 g3 47.Kxg3 Ke4 48.f6 Kd3 49.f7 Kxc3 50.f8=Q, Black resigns.