Thursday, January 12, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1757) - ChessCTI (Chess.com 1579), Chess.com 1/11/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3 h5 8.f5 Bd7 9.Bg5 Qe7 10.Nd2 O-O-O 11.Qc2 Qf8 12.O-O-O Re8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Kb1 Kb8


15.Nc4 a6 16.Ne3 Na7 17.Nd5 Rh6 18.Bxh5 c6 19.Nb6 Rd8 20.Nxd7+ Rxd7 21.Bf3 d5 22.h3 d4 23.c4 Qc5 24.Qd2 Rh8 25.a3 b5 26.Rc1 Rb7 27.b4 Qb6 28.c5 Qc7 29.Bd1 a5 30.Bb3 axb4 31.axb4 Nc8 32.Kb2 Ne7 33.Ra1 Kc8


34.Bxf7 Nxf5 35.Be6+ Kd8 36.Bxf5 Rb8 37.Ra5 Rg8 38.Rga1 Qg7 39.Bg4 f5 40.exf5 e4 41.Qf4 Rc8 42.Qd6+ Ke8 43.Bh5+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

aksrihari (lichess 2055) - JimWest (lichess 2177), lichess 1/11/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nf7 Qe7 9.Nxh8 Bxe6 10.Bg5 Kf8 11.Bh5 Kg8 12.Ng6 hxg6 13.Bxg6 Nbd7 14.O-O Ne5 15.Bh5 g6 16.Be2 Kg7 17.Nc3 c6 18.Kh1 Rh8


19.f3 exf3 20.Bxf3 Nxf3 21.Rxf3 Ng4 22.Bf4 Qh4 23.Bg3 Qxh2+ 24.Bxh2 Rxh2#.