Thursday, November 17, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 11/16/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

Tauer (Chess.com 1722) - JimWest (Chess.com 1831), Chess.com 11/16/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 Nf5 11.Qf4 O-O 12.f3 h6 13.Nh3 e3 14.Bxe3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Qh4+ 17.Qf2 Qxf2+ 18.Kxf2 Nc6 19.Re1 Rae8


20.Bb5 Re6 21.Bxc6 Rxc6 22.Re3 d4 23.cxd4 Rxc2+ 24.Re2 Rc3 25.Re3 Rc2+ 26.Kg3 Rxa2 27.e6 Ra6 28.d5 Rd6 29.Rd1 c6 30.Re5 cxd5 31.Rdxd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Re8 33.Rd7 Rxe6 34.Rxb7 Ra6 35.h4 h5


36.h3 Ra4 39.Kf2 a5 40.Rb5 Kg7 41.Ke3 Rxh4 42.Rxa5 Rxh3 43.Kf4 Kh6 44.Ra8 Rh1 45.Kg3 Rb1 46.f4 Rg1+ 47.Kh4 Rg4+ 48.Kh3 Rxf4 49.Kg3 Rf5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2179) - Guimzy (lichess 2185), lichess 11/16/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 Qe7 5.fxe5 Qxe5 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Be2 Bd6 8.O-O Qb6+ 9.Kh1 Ng4 10.Qe1 h5 11.a4 a5 12.Na3 Qa7 13.Nc4 Bc7


14.e5 b5 15.axb5 cxb5 16.Nd6+ Kd8 17.Nxf7+, Black resigns.