Monday, February 20, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

SBChess633 (Chess.com 1776) - JimWest (Chess.com 1811), Chess.com 2/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nf6 9.Rd1 a5 10.d4 Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Ne2 g5 14.Be6 O-O-O 15.Bd2 Kb8 16.Bc3 Bb4 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Qb3 Nc5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8


20.Qc4 Nxe6 21.Qxe6 Nxe4 22.Qc4 Nd2 23.Qxb4 f3 24.Ng3 fxg2 25.Kxg2 Qf7 26.Qc3 Qd5+ 27.Kg1 Nf3+ 28.Kf1 Nh4 29.Ke2 Ng2 30.Nf5 Nf4+ 31.Ke3 Qe6


32.Ke4 Qd5+ 33.Ke3 Ng2+ 34.Ke2 Qe4+ 35.Ne3 Nf4+ 36.Ke1 Nd5 37.Qc4 Qf3 38.Qe2 Qh1+, White forfeits.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2178) - romeli1 (lichess 2178), lichess 2/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Nxe4 8.dxe5 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nxg3 10.Bg5 Qxg5 11.hxg3 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Qxe5 13.Nbc3 Bb4 14.Qd3 O-O-O 15.O-O-O c6


16.Rhf1 g6 17.Rxf7 Rd7 18.Rxd7 Kxd7 19.Qd4 Re8 20.Qxe5 Rxe5 21.a3 Be7 22.Kb1 Bg5 23.Rh1 h5 24.Nf4 Bxf4 25.gxf4 Rf5 26.Rh4 b5 27.Ne2 c5 28.c3 Kd6 29.b4 d4


30.bxc5+ Kxc5 31.Nxd4 Rd5 32.Kb2 a5 33.f5 gxf5 34.Rxh5 b4 35.axb4+ axb4 36.Rxf5 bxc3+ 37.Kxc3 Rxf5 38.Nxf5, draw.