Monday, August 22, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/21/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

shshsa (Chess.com 1749) - JimWest (Chess.com 1716), Chess.com 8/21/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7


6.Bg5 exf3 7.Bxe7 fxe2 8.Bxf8 exf1=Q+ 9.Rxf1 Kxf8, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2115) - RxberT (lichess 1996), lichess 8/21/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 Bg4 10.O-O Qd7 11.c3 h5 12.Qa4 h4 13.Be3 h3 14.g3 a6 15.Nbd2 O-O


16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nd2 g6 19.Nxe4 Qd5 20.Qc2 Bf5 21.Rxf5 gxf5 22.Ng5 Bxg5 23.Bxg3 Qf3 24.Rf1 Qe4 25.Qxe4 fxe4 26.Bf6 Rab8 27.b4 a5 28.a3 axb4 29.axb4 Ra8 30.Re1 Ra3 31.Rxe4 Ra1+ 32.Kf2 Ra2+ 33.Kf3 Kh7


34.Rh4+ Kg6 35.Rxh3 Ra3 36.Kf4 Rxc3 37.Be7 Re8 38.Bc5 Rf8 39.Rh4 Rd8 40.Rg4+ Kh6 41.h4 Rd5 42.Bf8+ Kh7 43.Kf5 Rd3 44.Bc5 Rf3+ 45.Ke4 Rf1 46.Rf4 Re1+ 47.Kf5 Rg1 48.g4 Rd8 49.Kf6 Rg8 50.g5 Rg7


51.Bf8 Rg8 52.Kxf7 Rd1 53.Rf6 Rc1 54.Rh6#.