Monday, June 20, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/19/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

rahim110110 (Chess.com 1718) - JimWest (Chess.com 1867), Chess.com 6/19/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bh5+ g6 10.Be2 h6 11.Nh3 Bg7 12.Nf4 h5 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.h3 h4 15.a4 Qb6 16.Rb1 a5 17.O-O O-O-O


18.Na2 Rdg8 19.b4 g5 20.bxa5 Qxa5 21.Nh5 Nxh5 22.Bxh5 Nf6 23.Be2 Bf8 24.c4 g4 25.hxg4 Nxg4 26.cxd5 Qxd5 27.Nb4 Bxb4 28.Rxb4 Qd6 29.Qb3 Qh2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2161) - yktak (lichess 2274), lichess 6/19/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.c3 Bg5 12.Bxg5 Nxg5 13.Nbd2 Ne4 14.Be2 Qd7


15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Qd5 18.Qxe4 Qb5 19.Rab1 Rae8 20.Qc2 Qe2 21.Rbe1 Qh5 22.Qf5 Qxf5 23.Rxf5 g6 24.Rff1 Re6 25.d5 Rxe5 26.dxc6 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 bxc6 28.Re7 Rd8 29.Re2 f5 30.g3 Kf7 31.Kf2 Kf6


32.h4 Rb8 33.b3 Rd8 34.c4 Rd3 35.Nf1 h6 36.Rd2 Rxd2+ 37.Nxd2 g5 38.hxg5+ hxg5 39.Kf3 Ke6 40.g4 a5 41.a4 c5 42.gxf5+ Kxf5 43.Ne4 g4+ 44.Ke3 c6


45.Nxc5 Kg5 46.Ne4+ Kh4 47.Kf2 Kh3 48.c5 Kh2 49.Ng3 Kh3 50.Nf1 Kh4 51.Kg2, Black resigns.