Wednesday, May 4, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/3/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

bendovi (Chess.com 1686) - JimWest (Chess.com 1839), Chess.com 5/3/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.Qh5+ Nxh5 10.Bxd8 Kxd8 11.Nf7+ Ke7 12.Nxh8 Be6 13.Be2 Nf6 14.O-O Nc6 15.Nb5 Ba5 16.c3 a6 17.Na3 Rxh8


18.Nc2 Kd7 19.f3 Ne7 20.Ne3 c6 21.f4 g6 22.g4 Rg8 23.g5 Ne8 24.h4 Ng7 25.Rae1 Bc7 26.Kh2 Rf8 27.Ng2 Nef5 28.b4 h6 29.a3 hxg5 30.hxg5 Rh8+ 31.Kg1 Ng3 32.Rf2 Rh1#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2131) - Reiner21 (lichess 2102), lichess 5/3/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O 13.Nc3 Qg6 14.Kxh1 c6 15.Bf4 Nd7 16.Qd2 Qh5 17.Rf1 Rae8


18.Bg3 Nc5 19.Qd4 Ne6 20.Qf2 Ng5 21.Nxg5 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Qxg5 23.Nd4 Qg4 24.Nf5 Qe4+ 25.Kg1 f6 26.Nd6 Qg6 27.Nxe8 Qxe8 28.Qxa7 fxe5 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Qxb7 e4


31.Qb4+ Kg8 32.Qe1 d4 33.b3 c5 34.a4 e3 35.Qe2 Qe4 36.Qc4+ Kf8 37.Qxc5+, Black forfeits.