Friday, July 8, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/7/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

AJS2022 (Chess.com 1707) - JimWest (Chess.com 1837), Chess.com 7/7/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Be7 6.Nd5 Nf6 7.Nxe7 Qxe7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.c3 f4 11.h3 Be6 12.Bb5 O-O 13.b4 Kh8 14.a4 Ne7 15.a5 a6 16.Ba4 c6 17.c4 g5 18.Nh2 Qg6


19.Ng4 h5 20.Nh2 Ng8 21.Bb3 Nf6 22.Qe2 Rae8 23.O-O-O Kg7 24.Rdf1 Rh8 25.Kb2 g4 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.Rd1 Rh5 28.f3 g3 29.Ng4 Rxh1 30.Rxh1 Nxg4 31.fxg4 Bxg4


32.Qf1 Rh8 33.Rxh8 Kxh8 34.Qh1+ Qh5 35.Qg1 Qh2 36.Qf1 f3 37.Bd1 Qxg2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2136) - alex-art (lichess 2193), lichess 7/7/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Bf5 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Ne2 e3 9.O-O Nf2 10.Qe1 Bh4 11.g3 Qg5 12.Bxe3 Nh3+ 13.Kg2 Qxe3 14.Rxf5 Ng5 15.Nbc3 O-O 16.Qf2 Qxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Nd7


18.gxh4 Ne6 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Rf1 c5 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Ne4 cxd4 24.Nxd4 Nxe5 25.Nxe6+ Ke7 26.Nxg7 Nc4 27.Nf5+ Ke6 28.Nfg3 Ne3+ 29.Kf3 Nxc2 30.Nc5+ Kd5 31.Nxb7 Nd4+ 32.Kg4 Nc2 33.Kh5 Ne3


34.Kh6 Ng4+ 35.Kxh7 Nxh2 36.h5 Ng4 37.h6 Kd4 38.Kg6 Nxh6 39.Kxh6 Kd3 40.a4 Kc2 41.a5 Kxb2 42.Ne4 Ka3 43.a6 Kb4 44.Nec5 Kb5 45.Kg6 Kb6 46.Kf6 Kc6


47.Ke6 Kb6 48.Kd6 Kb5 49.Kc7 Kc4 50.Kb8 Kd5 51.Kxa7 Kc6 52.Kb8 Kb6 53.a7 Kc6 54.a8=Q, Black resigns.