Wednesday, May 25, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

AreteRonin (Chess.com 1735) - JimWest Chess.com 1837), Chess.com 5/24/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nd5 O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 a5 10.a4 Na6 11.Be2 Nc5 12.Rb1 Qe8 13.O-O f4 14.b4 axb4 15.Rxb4 Bg4 16.h3 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Qe7 18.Qc2 Ne6 19.Bg4 Nd4


20.Qb2 Rfb8 21.Rb1 Ra7 22.Rb6 g6 23.Bd1 Qc7 24.f3 Bd8 25.Ne2 Nxe2+ 26.Qxe2 Qe7 27.Rxc6 Bc7 28.Qf2 bxc6 29.Rxb8+ Bxb8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2154) - cici_schaak (lichess 2011), lichess 5/24/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Be6 8.f5 Bc8 9.c3 d5 10.Qc2 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 d4 12.cxd4 Bxd4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Nc3 Bd7 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Rac1 Bb6 18.Nxb6 cxb6 19.a3 Rc8


20.Qb3 Nd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Qd5 Bc6 23.Qxd8 Rfxd8 24.Kg1 f6 25.Kf2 Kf7 26.Bh5+ Ke7 27.Ke2 Kd6 28.Bf7 Ba4 29.Be6 Rxc1 30.Rxc1 Ke5 31.g3 Rd6 32.Rc7 Rc6 33.Rxc6 bxc6 34.b3 Bb5 35.a4 Ba6 36.h4 c5


37.Bc4 Bb7 38.Kd2 a5 39.Ke2 Bc6 40.Kf3 Be8 41.Kg4 Kd6 42.Kf4 Kc7 43.e5 fxe5+ 44.Kxe5 b5 45.axb5 Kb6 46.f6 gxf6+ 47.Kxf6 Bxb5 48.Bxb5 Kxb5 49.g4 Kb4


50.g5 hxg5 51.hxg5 Kxb3 52.g6 a4 53.g7 a3 54.g8=Q+ Kb2 55.Qb8+ Kc2 56.Qa7 Kb2 57.Qxc5 a2 58.Qxd4+ Kb1 59.Qg1+ Kb2 60.d4 a1=Q 61.Qxa1+ Kxa1 62.d5, Black resigns.