Monday, December 12, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/11/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1803) - HarutyunSarg (Chess.com 1719), Chess.com 12/11/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 d6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 Be7 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.h3 Nd7 9.O-O Bf6 10.c3 Nde5 11.Nbd2 Nxf3+ 12.Nxf3 Ne5 13.Qc2 c6 14.d4 Qb6 15.Kh1 Ng6 16.Bxd6 Re8 17.Bh2 Be6 18.e5 Be7 19.Bd3 c5


20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Rae1 Rad8 22.Be4 b6 23.a3 Qc8 24.Nd4 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qxh3 26.e6 fxe6 27.Bxg6 hxg6 28.Qxg6 Bd6 29.Qg2 Qh5 30.Nxe6 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 Bxh2 32.Qxh2 Qd5+ 33.Qg2 Qxe6


34.Qf3 Qh6+ 35.Kg1 Qg5+ 36.Kh1 Qd5 37.Qxd5 Rxd5 38.Rf2 g5 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Kg3 Kg6 41.Kg4 Re5 42.Rd2 Re4+ 43.Kg3 Re7 44.a4 Kh5 45.Rh2+ Kg6 46.Rc2 Re4 47.c4 Kf5 48.a5 Re3+ 49.Kf2 Rb3 50.axb6 axb6


51.c5 bxc5 52.Rxc5+ Kg4 53.Rc4+ Kh3 54.Rc3+ Rxc3 55.bxc3 Kh2 56.Kf3 Kh3 57.Kf2 Kh2 58.Kf3 Kh3 59.Kf2, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

RosauroMahawanJr1978 (lichess 2009) - JimWest (lichess 2157), lichess 12/11/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Be2 Nc6 6.d3 Nf6 7.c3 Qd7 8.Nfd2 O-O-O 9.b4 Kb8 10.a4 d5 11.Qc2 e4 12.dxe4 Nxe4 13.g4 Bg6 14.Qb3 d4 15.O-O dxc3 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Nxc3 Nd4


18.Qc4 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Bd3 20.Qd2 Bxf1 21.Qxd7 Rxd7 22.Kxf1 Bxb4 23.Na2 Rd1+ 24.Ke2 Re1+ 25.Kf3 Rf8+ 26.Kg2 Bc5 27.Be3 Rxa1 28.Bxc5 Rxa2 29.Bxf8 g6 30.Kg3 Rxa4 31.Kh4 Rf4 32.Bc5 b6 33.Be3 Rf3


34.Kg5 Rxh3 35.Kf6 a5 36.g5 a4 37.Bd4 a3 38.f4 a2 39.Kg7 c5 40.Be5+ Kb7 41.Kf6 Rh1 42.Ke6 a1=Q 43.Bxa1 Rxa1 44.Kd5 Rd1+, White resigns.