Thursday, February 2, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/1/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1727) - vsyun55 (Chess.com 1711), Chess.com 2/1/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.c3 Bb6 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Qc2 Nh5 11.Bg3 d5 12.O-O-O d4


13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.Bxh5 Be3 15.Kb1 Ne5 16.Bxe5 Rxe5 17.Bf3 Be6 18.Rhe1 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 Ra5 20.a3 c5 21.d4 cxd4 22.Rxd4 Qb6 23.Rb4 Qa6 24.Rd1 Rb5 25.Qd3 Qb6 26.Rxb5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Leon01001 (lichess 2178) - JimWest (lichess 2185), lichess 2/1/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 e3 10.Ne4 exf2+ 11.Nxf2 dxc3 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Bg5+ Ke8 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Bf4 Nge7 16.Rxc3 Rf8 17.Nd3 Bf5 18.Bg3 Kf7 19.Be2 Kg8


20.O-O Nd4 21.Bf3 Nec6 22.Nc5 Nxf3+ 23.Rcxf3 Nd4 24.R3f2 b6 25.Na6 c5 26.Nc7 Rac8 27.Nb5 Nxb5 28.cxb5 Bd3 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.a4 Bc2 32.e6 Ke7 33.Bb8 Bxa4 34.Bxa7 Bxb5 35.Bxb6 c4 36.Bd4 g6 37.Kf2 Kxe6


38.Ke3 Kd5 39.g3 h5 40.h4 Bd7 41.Bf6 Bf5 42.Kd2 Bd3 43.Kc3 Ke4 44.Bd8 Kf3 45.Bc7 Kg4 46.Bb8 g5 47.hxg5 Kxg5 48.Bc7 Kg4 49.Bb8 h4 50.gxh4 Kxh4


51.Bc7 Kg4 52.Bb8 Kf3 53.Bc7 Ke4 54.Bb8 Kd5 55.Bh2 Bf1 56.Bb8 Bd3 57.Bh2 Bf1 58.Bb8 Bd3, draw.