Thursday, June 9, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/8/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

yarpet2011 (Chess.com 1705) - JimWest (Chess.com 1878), Chess.com 6/8/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng1 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.Bg5 c6 11.f3 Qc7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nf1 f5 14.fxe4 fxe4 15.Bh5 Qf7 16.Bxg6 Qxg6 17.Qe2 Nd7 18.O-O-O O-O-O 19.Ne3 Bf4


20.g3 Bxe3+ 21.Qe3 Rdf8 22.Rdf1 Nf6 23.Ne2 Ng4 24.Qa3 Qh6+ 25.Kb1 a6 26.Nf4 e3 27.h3 e2 28.Ne2 Rxf1+ 29.Rxf1 Qxh3 30.Rf8+ Rxf8 31.Qxf8+ Kc7 32.Qe7+ Kb8 33.Qf8+ Ka7 34.Qc5+ Kb8 35.Qd6+ Ka7 36.Qc5+ Kb8 37.Qd6+ Ka7


38.Qxd5 cxd5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2136) - thanda (lichess 2209), lichess 6/8/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.c3 Na5 12.Be2 c5 13.Be3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rc8 15.Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.b3 Rc6 19.Rac1 Qd7


20.Rxc6 Qxc6 21.Rc1 Qd7 22.Ne1 Rc8 23.Nd3 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 h6 25.Nc5 Qc6 26.h3 Bf5 27.g4 Bc8 28.Nd3 Qxc1+ 29.Bxc1 Kf8 30.Kf2 g5 31.Kg3 b6 32.Bd2 a5 33.Kf3 Ba6 34.Ne1 Bf1 35.h4 Ke8 36.hxg5 hxg5


37.Nc2 Bd3 38.Ne3 Be4+ 39.Kg3 Kd7 40.Nf5 Bb1 41.Nxe7 Kxe7 42.Bxg5+ Ke6 43.Bd8 Bxa2 44.Bxb6 Bxb3 45.Bxa5 Bc2 46.Bd8 Bg6 47.Kf4 Be4 48.g5 Bg6 49.Bb6 Bc2 50.Bd8 Bb1 51.Bb6 Bc2 52.Bd8 Bb1 53.Bb6 Bc2 54.Bd8, draw.