Saturday, February 4, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 2/3/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1730) - T_R_U_T_H (Chess.com 1787), Chess.com 2/3/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Bg7 9.c3 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.d4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Nh5 14.Be3 c6 15.Rae1 Qd7 


16.h3 f5 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Qg4 Rxf1+ 19.Nxf1 Qxg4 20.hxg4 Nf6 21.Bf4 Nd5 22.Bxd6 Rd8 23.Bg3 Bh6 24.Be5 b5 25.Nh2 Rf8 26.Nf3 Be3+ 27.Kh1 g5 28.Bg3 Rf6


29.Ng1 Rh6+ 30.Nh3 Bf4 31.Bxf4 Nxf4 32.Re5 Nxh3 33.gxh3 Rxh3+ 34.Kg2 Rd3 35.Rxg5+ Kf7 36.Rf5+ Kg6 37.Rf3 Rd2+ 38.Rf2 Rd3 39.Rf3 Rd2+ 40.Rf2 Rd3 41.Rf3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

IAM_NEXT_TAL (lichess 2047) - JimWest (lichess 2193), lichess 2/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 c6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Ng5 d5 8.Bb3 Bd6 9.h3 h6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.Nh4 Bh7 12.g4 g5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.gxf5 Kg7 15.h4 g4 16.f3 e4 17.fxg4 Bg3+ 18.Kf1 Qb6


19.Qe2 exd3 20.cxd3 Re8 21.Qf3 Re1+ 22.Kg2 Rxh1 23.Kxh1 Bxh4 24.Bf4 Nbd7 25.Qh3 Bg5 26.Bxg5 hxg5 27.Re1 Rh8 28.Re7+ Kg8 29.Qxh8+ Kxh8 30.Ne4 Nxe4 31.dxe4 Nf6 32.e5 Nxg4


33.Bd1 Nf2+ 34.Kg2 Nxd1 35.f6 Qf2+ 36.Kh3 Qf5+ 37.Kg3 Qf4+ 38.Kg2 Ne3+ 39.Kg1 Qf1+ 40.Kh2 Qg2#.