Saturday, April 30, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/29/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

markusrauth (Chess.com 1783) - JimWest (Chess.com 1857), Chess.com 4/29/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qg3+ Kxh8 15.O-O-O Bf5


16.d5 Ne5 17.Bb3 Qd6 18.Kb1 Rg8 19.Qe3 b6 20.h3 Rxg2 21.Rhg1 Rxg1 22.Rxg1 Nf3 23.Rh1 Qe5 24.c3 Bg5 25.Qe2 Nd2+ 26.Ka1 Nxb3+ 27.axb3 Qxd5 28.b4 Be6

29.Qa6 e3 30.Rf1 e2 31.Re1 Qd1+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2111) - ismayil1959 (lichess 2155), lichess 4/29/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.Be2 h6 8.h3 d6 9.c3 c5 10.Nbd2 Nc6 11.O-O Nh7 12.a4 f5 13.Bh2 fxe4 14.Nxe4 d5 15.Ned2 Ng5 16.Nxg5 Bxg5 17.Nf3 Be3+ 18.Kh1 d4


19.cxd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.Rxf8+ Qxf8 23.Rf1 Qe7 24.Bf3 a5 25.Be4 Ra6 26.Rf7 Qe8 27.Bg1 Bxg1 28.Kxg1 Rd6 29.Rf1 b6 30.Qf7 Qd8 31.Qf8+, Black resigns.