Saturday, March 4, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/3/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Nishyanth (Chess.com 1844) - JimWest (Chess.com 1820), Chess.com 3/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 c6 8.f3 Nf6 10.fxe4 dxe4


11.Ndxe4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Qh4+ 13.g3 Qxe4 14.Qxe4+ Bxe4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2136) - AntonTroyanov (lichess 1980), lichess 3/3/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Bg4 8.Be2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nd4 10.Qd1 Qd7 11.c3 Nc6 12.b4 O-O-O 13.f5 Ne7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nb2 d5 17.Qa4 Qxa4 18.Nxa4 dxe4 19.dxe4 Rd3


20.Ke2 Rhd8 21.Rad1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 b6 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Nb2 b5 25.Nd3 Kd7 26.g4 Kc6 27.Nc5 Nc8 28.Kd3 Nd6 29.a4 bxa4 30.Nxa4 Kb5 31.Nc5 Kc6 32.h4 a5 33.Nb3 axb4 34.cxb4 Kb5 35.Nc5 c6


36.Nd7 Kxb4 37.Nxf6 c5 38.g5 hxg5 39.hxg5 c4+ 40.Kc2 c3 41.g6 fxg6 42.fxg6 Nc4 43.Nd5+ Kc5 44.Kxc3, Black resigns.