Sunday, December 25, 2022

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/24/2022

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1778) - Markus1949 (Chess.com 1599), Chess.com 12/24/2022

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nfd7 8.Bxf4 Be7 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.d4 Nc6 12.c3 Nf8 13.h3 Ne6 14.Bh2 Bf8 15.Nbd2 g6 16.Rae1 Bg7 17.Qf2 Rf8


18.Kh1 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Nf3 Qe7 21.Bg3 h6 22.Bh4 g5 23.Bg3 Nd8 24.Nh2 Ne6 25.Ng4 Rae8 26.Nf6+ Bxf6 27.exf6 Qd7 28.Qf5 Qb5 29.Qc2 c5 30.Bd6 Nxd4 31.cxd4 Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Rd8 33.Bxc5 Rc8


34.Qf5 Rd8 35.Be7 Qa5 36.b4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Haspergher (lichess 2192) - JimWest (lichess 2177), lichess 12/24/2022

1.d4 d6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.cxd4 Qxg5 11.Bxe3 Qe7 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.f4 Nh6 14.d5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Qxe5


16.O-O Qxe3+ 17.Kh1 Ng4 18.Ra2 Qh6 19.Qe1+ Kd8 20.Qg3 Re8 21.h3 Re3 22.Rf3 Rxd3 23.Rf8+ Ke7 24.Re2+ Kxf8 25.Kg1 Rxg3, White forfeits.