Monday, July 18, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/17/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1799) - dani44 (Chess.com 1719), Chess.com 7/17/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 sxf4 5.Bxf4 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.h3 Nh5 8.Bh2 Qf6 9.c3 Nf4 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Qc2 Re8 13.O-O-O a5 14.Kb1 a4


15.Bxf4 Qxf4 16.Bb5 a3 17.d5 axb2 18.dxc6 Re6 19.cxb7 Bxb7 20.Bc4 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Ra3 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Neg5 h6 24.Qh7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

timchomeschev (lichess 2041) - JimWest (lichess 2145), lichess 7/17/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Bb3 Na6 6.a3 Nc7 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qe2 a5 10.h3 b5 11.Nh4 f4 12.Nf3 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.Rxa8 Nxa8 15.Na4 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.O-O Nb6 18.Nxb6 Qxb6 19.Ra1 g5


20.Nh2 h5 21.Qd1 Qb7 22.Ra4 b5 23.Qa1 g4 24.Ra7 Qb8 25.Qa4+ Kd8 26.Ra8 Qc7 27.Be6 Ke7 28.Bxc8 g3 29.Ra7 gxh2+ 30.Kxh2 Rxc8 31.Rxc7+ Rxc7 32.b3 h4 33.g3 hxg3+ 34.fxg3 fxg3+ 35.Kxg3 Ke6


36.Qe8+ Re7 37.Qc8+ Kf7 38.h4 Re8 39.Qf5 Rg8+ 40.Kh3 Rg1 41.Qd7+ Be7 42.Qf5+ Bf6 43.h5 Rg5 44.Qd7+ Be7 45.h6 Rh5+ 46.Kg4 Rxh6 47.Qf5+ Bf6


48.Qf2 Rg6+ 49.Kh5 Rg5+ 50.Kh6 Rg6+ 51.Kh7 Rg7+ 52.Kh6 Rg6+ 53.Kh5 Rg5+ 54.Kh6 Rg6+ 55.Kh5, draw.