Thursday, January 19, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1724) - MEGHU (Chess.com 1633), Chess.com 1/18/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O Qe7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 O-O-O 11.Nc3 g5 12.Bh2 a6 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Rae1 g4 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Bxg4+ Nxg4 17.hxg4 c6 18.Qf2 Qc5


19.Qxc5 Bxc5+ 20.Kh2 Rh7 21.Rf5 Re8 22.Ref1 Re7 23.Kg3 Be3 24.R5f3 Bg5 25.Nd1 f6 26.Ne3 h5 27.Nf5 Re8 28.Nd6+ Kd7 29.Nxe8 Kxe8 30.gxh5 Rxh5 31.Rxf6 Bxf6 32.Rxf6 Ke7 33.Rf5 Rxf5 34.exf5 Kf6 35.Kg4 c5


36.a4 b5 37.axb5 axb5 38.c3 c4 39.dxc4 bxc4 40.g3 e4 41.Kf4 e3 42.Kxe3 Kxf5 43.Kd4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Kooroshsaghafi1400 (lichess 2284) - JimWest (lichess 2181), lichess 1/18/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxg5 8.Bxb4 d4 9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qd2 e3 11.fxe3 Nxb4 12.Qxb4 Qxe3+ 13.Be2 Qc1+ 14.Bd1 Qe3+ 15.Be2 Qc1+ 16.Bd1 Qe3+ 17.Kf1 Ne7


18.Nc3 O-O+ 19.Bf3 Rxf3+ 20.gxf3 Bh3#.