Friday, December 23, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/22/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1774) - swiecsd (Chess.com 1790), Chess.com 12/22/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 d4 9.Ne2 h6 10.h4 b6 11.Ng3 dxc3 12.bxc3 Nd4 13.cxd4 Qxd4 14.Bxf6 Qxa1 15.Qd1 Bb4+ 16.Kf2 Qxa2+ 17.Kg1 gxf6 18.Nh5 Rd8


19.Qg4+ Kf8 20.Qg7+ Ke7 21.Qxf6+ Kd7 22.Qxe5 Bc5+ 23.d4 Bd6 24.Nf6+ Kc6 25.Qb5+ Kb7 26.e5 a6 27.Qd3 Bc5 28.Qe4+ c6 29.dxc5 bxc5 30.Nc3 Qd2 31.Rh3 Rd4 32.Qb1+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Matonsisimo (lichess 2135) - JimWest (lichess 2171), lichess 12/22/2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxc4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qxh8 Qd5 10.d3 cxd3 11.O-O Bf5 12.Re1 Bxe4 13.cxd3 Ne7 14.dxe4 Qa5 15.Bh6 Nd7 16.Bxf8 Nxf8 17.Rad1 Qxa2


18.f4 Qg8 19.Qe5 Qe6 20.Qxc7 Qb6+ 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.f5 Kf7 23.g4 gxf5 24.exf5 Ra4 25.a3 Rb4 26.Rd2 Rb3 27.Kg2 Nh7 28.Rdd2 Nd5 29.Rd2 Nf4+ 30.Kf1 Rf3+ 31.Rf2 Rxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Nd3+ 33.Ke2 Nxe1 34.Kxe1 Ng5


35.h4 Nf3+ 34.Ke2 Nxh4 35.Kd3 Kf6 36.Kc4 Nxf5 37.gxf5 Kxf5 38.Kb5 Ke5 39.Kxb6 Kd5 40.b4 Kc4 41.b5 Kb4 42.Kxb7 Kxb5, draw.