Tuesday, January 10, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 1/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1770) - jtxuk (Chess.com 1749), Chess.com 1/9/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bh6 7.fxe5 Bxc1 8.Qxc1 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.O-O Qd4+ 11.Kh1 Ng4 12.Bxg4 Bxg4 13.Nc3 c6 14.Qg5 Be6 15.Rae1 Kd7 16.Qe3 Qxe3 17.Rxe3 Rad8 18.Ref3 Ke7


19.b3 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Rg3 Rhg8 22.Rxg8 Rxg8 23.Rf3 Kf6 24.Ne4+ Ke7 25.Nc5 Bd5 26.Rg3 Rxg3 27.hxg3 b6 28.Na4 Kf6 29.c4 Bf7 30.Nc3 h5 31.Kg1 Kg5 32.Kf2 Bg6 33.Kf3 h4 34.gxh4+ Kxh4 35.b4 a6 36.a4 Bf7


37.b5 axb5 38.axb5 cxb5 39.cxb5 Kg5 40.g3 Be8 41.Ke3 Kg4 42.Kf2 f4 43.gxf4 exf4 44.d4 f3 45.d5 Kf4 46.Na4 Bxb5 47.Nxb6 Ke5 48.Kxf3 Kd6 49.Ke4 Bc6 50.Nc4+ Kc5 51.dxc6 Kxc6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Shakhane100 (lichess 2029) - JimWest (lichess 2171), lichess 1/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Qd2 a5 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Be6 Na6 13.f4 Nc5 14.Bh3 b4 15.Nb1 exf4 16.Bxf4 O-O


17.d4 Nd5 18.Be6+ Nxe6, White resigns.