Monday, February 6, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 2/5/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

GameKnight (Chess.com 1669) - JimWest (Chess.com 1751), Chess.com 2/5/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.dxe5 fxe4 7.Ng5 d5 8.e6 O-O 9.Qh5 h6 10.h4 c6 11.Nc3 Qb6 12.O-O-O Qxf2 13.Ngxe4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qf4+ 15.Nd2 Bxe6 16.Bd3 Nd7  17.Rhf1 Qg4


18.Qa5 Rxf1 19.Rxf1 b6 20.Qa3 c5 21.Be4 Bd5 22.Bxd5+ Nxd5 23.Qd3 N7f6 24.g3 Re8 25.c4 Re3 26.Qc2 Nb4 27.Qa4 Qg6 28.Nf3 Qe4 29.Qd1 Nxa2+ 30.Kd2 Rd3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2208) - Eng_AhmedSaleh (lichess 2201), lichess 2/5/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 h6 8.h3 Nh5 9.Bh2 Bh4+ 10.Nxh4 Qxh4+ 11.Kf1 Ng3+ 12.Bxg3 Qxg3 13.Nc3 Nd4 14.Nd5 O-O 15.Qe1 Qxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Nxc2 17.Rc1 Nd4 18.Rxc7 f5


19.Rxc8 Raxc8 20.Ne7+ Kh7 21.Nxc8 fxe4+ 22.Ke1 Rxc8 23.dxe4 Rc1+ 24.Bd1 Rb1 25.Kd2 g5 26.e5 Rxb2+ 27.Kc3 Rxg2 28.Kxd4 dxe5+ 29.Kxe5 Rxa2 30.Bf3 b6 31.h4 gxh4 32.Rxh4 Rf2 33.Be4+ Kg7


34.Rg4+ Kf7 35.Bd5+ Kf8 36.Rg8+ Ke7 37.Rg7+ Kf8 38.Rxa7 Re2+ 39.Kd6 h5 40.Rh7 Rh2 41.Kc6 h4 42.Kxb6 h3 43.Kc5 Rc2+ 44.Kd6 h2 45.Rf7+ Ke8 46.Rf1 Rd2 47.Ke5 Ke7 48.Be4 Re2 49.Kf4 Rb2 50.Kg3 Ke6 51.Rh1 Ke5 52.Bg2 Kf5 53.Rxh2 Rb3+ 54.Bf3 Rc3


55.Rh5+ Kg6 56.Ra5 Kf6 57.Kf4 Rc1 58.Ra6+ Ke7 59.Be4 Re1 60.Ke5 Kd7 61.Ra7+ Ke8 62.Kf5 Rf1+ 63.Ke6 Kd8 64.Bd5 Re1+ 65.Kd6 Rc1 66.Rd7+ Ke8 67.Rh7 Rf1 68.Rh8+ Rf8 69.Bc6+ Kf7 70.Bd5+ Ke8


71.Rh7 Rf6+ 72.Be6 Rf1 73.Ra7 Rd1+ 74.Bd5 Kf8 75.Rf7+ Ke8 76.Rf2 Rd3 77.Ra2 Kf8 78.Rg2, Black forfeits.