Tuesday, January 3, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1752) - sicar1 (Chess.com 1795), Chess.com 1/2/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bc5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Nxe4 8.fxe5 Nc6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.Bd3 f5 11.Be3 Bb6 12.O-O Re8 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.Ne3 Nxe5 15.Bxe4 fxe4 16.Nd2 Bd7 17.Nd5 e3 18.Nxe3 Bc6 19.a3 b5


20.Rae1 Rad8 21.Nb3 b6 22.c3 Nc4 23.Nxc4 bxc4 24.Nd4 Bb7 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rd1 c5 27.Nb5 Bc6 28.Na7 Ba4 29.Rd6 Re7 30.Nc8 Re1+ 31.Kf2 Rb1 32.Rxb6 Bb3


33.Nd6 Rxb2+ 34.Kg3 Kf8 35.Nxc4 Rb1 36.Nd2, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Guk1929 (lichess 2027) - JimWest (lichess 2177), lichess 1/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nc3 Nc6 13.Qg3 Kxh8 14.O-O-O Bf5 15.h4 Bg6


16.d5 Nb4 17.Qe5 Qd6 18.Qd4 c5 19.dxc6 Qxd4 20.Rxd4 Nxc6 21.Rdd1 Ng4 22.f3 Bxg5+ 23.hxg5 exf3 24.Rd2 fxg2 25.Rg1 Ne3 26.Re2 Re8 27.Rge1 Nd4, White forfeits.