Thursday, September 15, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/14/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

psciaraffa (Chess.com 1655) - JimWest (Chess.com 1736), Chess.com 9/14/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.exf5 Qxd1+ 7.Kxd1 Bxf5 8.Bb5 O-O-O+ 9.Bd2 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Re1 Nf6 12.Bg5 Bb4 13.Re5 Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Rxd7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Re6 Rf8 17.Nd2 Bxd2 18.Kxd2 c5 19.Rae1 b6


20.Re7 Rf7 21.Rxf7 Rxf7 22.Kd3 Kd7 23.Kc4 a6 24.a4 Kd6 25.Re8 b5+ 26.axb5 axb5+ 27.Kxb5 Rb7+ 28.Kc4 Rxb2 29.Re2 Rb4+ 30.Kd3 Kd5 31.g4 c4+ 32.Kd2 d3 33.cxd3 cxd3 34.Kxd3 Rxg4 35.h3 Ra4 36.Re3 Ra3+ 37.Ke2 Rxe3+ 38.Kxe3 Ke5


39.Kf3 Kf5 40.Kg3 Kg5 41.f3 h6 42.h4+ Kf5 43.f4 Ke4 44.Kg4 f5+ 45.Kh5 Kxf4 46.Kxh6 Kg4 47.h5 f4 48.Kg6 f3 49.h6 f2 50.h7 f1=Q 51.h8=Q Qf5+ 52.Kg7 Qe5+ 53.Kg8 Qxh8+ 54.Kxh8, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2118) - A518a (lichess 2043), lichess 9/14/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.c3 Rb8 13.Nbd2 c5 14.Qe1 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 cxd4 16.cxd4 c5 17.b3 c4 18.bxc4 dxc4 19.Bb2 a5


20.Bc3 a4 21.Rab1 Bb7 22.Kh1 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Qd5 25.Qg2 f5 26.f4 Qxg2+ 27.Kxg2 g5 28.fxg5 Bxg5 29.Kf3 Be7 30.Rb7 Re8 31.Kf4, Black resigns.