Sunday, June 5, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/4/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

ThatMagnetMan (Chess.com 1782) - JimWest (Chess.com 1877), Chess.com 6/4/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.h3 h6 8.Nh4 g5 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 d5 11.Bb3 Bd6 12.d4 e4 13.Re1 Kf8 14.f3 e3 15.Ne2 Kg7 16.c4 Bb4 17.Nc3 Nbd7 


18.a3 Ba5 19.Bc2 dxc4 20.b4 cxb3, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2159) - TheKingCobra777 (lichess 2245), lichess 6/4/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Bc5 9.Nc3 Nf2 10.Qxd5 Nxh1 11.Qxc5 Bg4 12.Bb5+ c6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Qxc6+ Bd7 15.Qe4 O-O 16.Bxf4 Bg4 17.Be3 Bxf3 18.gxf3 f5 19.Qd5+ Kh8


20.Qxd8 Raxd8 21.f4 g5 22.Ke2 gxf4 23.Bxf4 Rd4 24.Be3 Rh4 25.Rxh1 f4 26.Bf2 f3+ 27.Ke3 Rh5 28.Ke4 Rff5 28.Bg3 Kg7 29.Rf1 Kf7 30.Rxf3 Rxf3 31.Kxf3 Ke6 32.Nb5 a5 33.a4 Rf5+ 34.Ke3 Rf1 35.Nd4+ Ke7


36.Nc6+ Ke6 37.Nxa5 h5 38.h4 Rh1 39.Nc6 Rf1 40.Nd4+ Kd5 41.e6 Rf8 42.c3 Ra8 43.b3 Re8 44.a5 Ra8 45.b4 Rc8 46.Kd3 Rb8 47.Bxb8, stalemate.