Monday, September 26, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/25/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

max-Neves7 (Chess.com 1849) - JimWest (Chess.com 1754), Chess.com 9/25/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5 8.Be2 Nf6 9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O d5 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Qg5 Bg6 14.Rae1 Rae8


15.Bd3 Qf7 16.Be2 h6 17.Qf4 Nh7 18.Qc7 Ndf6 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qd6 Re6 21.Qb4 b6 22.Kh1 Nf4 23.Nd2 Nxe2 24.Rxe2  Rf6 25.Nb3 Bh5 26.Ree1 Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Qxf2 28.Rg1 Qxc2 29.Qd6 Qxb2 30.Qxc6 Nf6


31.Nxd5 Nxd5 32.Qxd5+ Bf7 33.Qxe4 Bxb3 34.axb3 Qxb3 35.Re1 Qf7 36.Qe2 Qd5 37.Qe3 Rd8 38.Ra1 Qxd4 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Re1 a5 41.Rb1 Qd1+ 42.Qe1 Qxe1+ 43.Rxe1 a4 44.Kg1 a3 45.Re2 b5 46.Kf2 b4


47.Ra2 Ra8 48.Kf3 b3 49.Rd2 a2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2103) - memodemir4 (lichess 1973), lichess 9/25/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 O-O-O 13.Nc3 Bxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qxe5 15.Kxh1 d4


16.Ne2 Bd6 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.Qf1 Bxf4 19.Nxf4 Kb8 20.Nd3 Rhe8 21.Qg2 Qe7 22.Bxb7, Black resigns.