Sunday, May 1, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/30/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1848) - AlvaroColombia (Chess.com 1791), Chess.com 4/30/2022

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 Bb6 7.Nf3 exd4 8.cxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Be2 Re8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.O-O f5


17.Na4 Ne7 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.f5 Rf8 21.Qg4 Kh8 22.a3 Qd7 23.e6 Qb5 24.Rf2 Qd3 25.Re1 Ng8 26.Rd2 Nf6 27.Qg3 Qc4 28.Qe5 c5 29.Rf2 cxd4 30.Qxd4 Qxd4 31.Bxd4 b5


32.g4 Ra4 33.Rd1 h6 34.Bxf6 gxf6 35.Rxd5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Isterling (lichess 2105) - JimWest (lichess 2112), lichess 4/30/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.c4 c6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb5+ Nbc6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qh6 Nf5 14.Qh3 Nfd4 15.Bxc6+ bxc6


16.Qc3 Qb6 17.Be3 c5 18.O-O Ne2+, White resigns.