Monday, June 27, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/26/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1855) - leoyang2011 (Chess.com 1761), Chess.com 6/26/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.f5 Ba6 9.c3 h6 10.Kh1 d5 11.Qc2 Qd7 12.Be3 dxe4 13.dxe4 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nxe4 15.Bxh6 Nf6 16.Bg5 Qxf5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Nbd2 Bd6 19.Ne4 Qh6


20.Qb5 Ne7 21.Nxe5 Qe6 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Rad1 Qe6 24.Nf3 Qh6 25.Qg5 Rfe8 26.Qxh6 gxh6 27.Ne5 Rf8 28.Rd7 Ng6 29.Nxg6 fxg6 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.h3 Rc8 32.g4 a5 33.a4 Re8


34.Rxc7 Re1+ 35.Kg2 Re2+ 36.Kf3 Rxb2 37.h4 Ra2 38.Rc6 Rxa4 39.Rxg6+ Kh7 40.Rxb6 Rc4 41.Rb3 Kg6 42.h5+ Kf6 43.Rb6+ Kg7 44.Rb3 Kf6 45.Rb6+ Kg7 46.Ra6 Rxc3+ 47.Ke4 Rc4+ 48.Kf5 Rc5+ 49.Kf4 Rc4+ 50.Kg3 a4


51.Rg6+ Kh7 52.Ra6 Kg7 53.Kh4 Kh7 54.Ra7+ Kg8 55.Ra6 Kg7 56.Ra7+ Kg8 57.Kg3 Rc3+ 58.Kf4 Rc4+ 59.Kf5 Rc5+ 60.Kf4 Rc4+ 61.Kf3 Rb4 62.Ra5 Kg7 63.g5 hxg5 64.Rxg5+ Kh6 65.Ra5 Rb3+ 66.Ke2 a3


67.Kd2 Rh3 68.Kc2 Rh2+ 69.Kb1 Rxh5 70.Rxh5+ Kxh5 71.Ka2 Kh4 72.Kxa3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

nico27 (lichess 2002) - JimWest (lichess 2153), lichess 6/26/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.a3 dxc3 10.axb4 cxb2 11.Bxb2 Qxg5 12.b5 Bd7 13.bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qa3 Ne7


15.h4 Qf5 16.Be2 Ng6 17.g4 Qe6 18.Qa5 b6 19.Qb4 a5 20.Qa3 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Rd1 e3 23.O-O Qe4 24.f3 Qe7 25.Qd3 O-O 26.Qf5, White resigns.