Sunday, December 18, 2022

PCG & PCG Reversed 12/17/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit

QuentinMa66 (Chess.com 1838) - JimWest (Chess.com 1833), Chess.com 12/17/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Bf4 Bb4 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Be2 Bxf5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 c6 12.f3 h6 13.Bxb8 Rxb8 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.O-O-O Qg5+ 17.Rd2 Rf2


18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rbf8 20.Rhd1 R8xf3 21.Qb4 Rxd2 22.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 23.Rxd2 Rf1+ 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 g5 26.Ke2 Kf7 27.Kf3 Kf6 28.Kg4 Kg6 29.c3 h5+ 30.Kf3 Kf5


31.h3 g4+ 32.hxg4+ hxg4+ 33.Kg3 Kg5 34.b3 a5 35.c4 b5 36.c5 a4 37.b4 Kf5 38.Kg2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2179) - Stefan_Marsina (lichess 2097), lichess 12/17/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ng4 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Ba5 12.h3 Nf6 13.e5 Nh5 14.Kh2 Bb6 15.g4 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nxd4 17.gxh5 Qd7 18.Ng5 f6


19.exf6 gxf6 20.Rxf6 Re5 21.Bxh7+ Kg7 22.Rg6+, Black forfeits.