Wednesday, June 22, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/21/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

pe_sme (Chess.com 1761) - JimWest (Chess.com 1843), Chess.com 6/21/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qd2 c6 7.O-O-O O-O 8.h4 Qa5 9.h5 h6 10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.Qxh6 Nh7 12.Qg6+ Kh8 13.h6 Rg8 14.Qf7 Qd8 15.exf5 Qf8 16.Qxf8 Rxf8 17.g4 Nd7 18.Nh4 Bxh4 19.Rxh4 Ndf6


20.Ne4 d5 21.Nxf6 Rxf6 22.Be2 Bd7 23.Rdh1 Rg8 24.Kd2 Rg5 25.Ke3 c5 26.f4 exf4+ 27.Kxf4 d4 28.Bf3 Bxf5 29.Kg3 Bc8 30.Rh5 Rxf3+ 31.Kxf3 Bxg4+ 32.Ke4 Bxh5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2156) - Arkadiy1987 (lichess 2065), lichess 6/21/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 O-O 7.Nxd5 Nc6 8.f5 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh5 10.Bg2 Nb4 11.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 12.c3 Bc5 13.b4 Bb6 14.a4 a6 15.d4 f6 16.O-O exd4 17.cxd4 g5 18.Kh1 Bd7 19.d5 Rae8


20.Bf3 Qxh3 21.Bxg4 Qh6 22.Bf3 Rd8 23.Qb3 Kh8 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Rfe8 26.Bg2 Bc8 27.Qc5 Rd7 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Qf8 30.Qxf8+ Rxf8 31.Rfc1 Kg7 32.Ra8 Rfd8 33.h3 Kf7


34.b6 c6 35.dxc6 bxc6 36.Rxc6 Bb7 37.Rxd8 Rxd8 38.Rc7+, Black forfeits.