Tuesday, February 14, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/13/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1781) - AleksandrAlmaAta1978 (Chess.com 1719), Chess.com 2/13/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bd6 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bg4 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Nc3 Bh3+ 14.Kxh1 Qg6 15.Bf1 Bg4 16.Bg2 Nxe5 17.Nxd5 O-O-O


18.Nxe5 Bxd1 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.Bf4 Bxc2 21.Rc1 Bf5 22.Rxc7+ Kb8 23.Rxf7+ Ka8 24.Nc7+ Kb8 25.Na6+ Ka8 26.Bxb7#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

SarahWynn (lichess 2076) - JimWest (lichess 2196), lichess 2/13/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.a3 Nf6 6.O-O f4 7.c3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Qc7 9.Qb3 b5 10.Be6 Bxe6 11.Qxe6+ Be7 12.d4 Nbd7 13.Ng5 Rf8 14.Qb3 Qb6 15.Ne6 Rg8 16.Nf3 h6 17.Re1 g5 18.Bd2 c5


19.d5 c4 20.Qc2 Kf7 21.a4 a6 22.a5 Qa7 23.Rf1 Nc5 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.h3 g4 26.hxg4 Rxg4 27.Nh2 Rg6 28.Nf3 Nd7 

29.Nh4 Bxh4 30.Qd1 Nf6 31.Qf3 Rag8 32.Be1 Rg3 33.Qe2 Rxg2+ 34.Kh1 R2g5 35.Bd2 Rh5 36.f3 Bf2#.