Thursday, March 9, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 3/8/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

metallictaste (Chess.com 1661) - JimWest (Chess.com 1819), Chess.com 3/8/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Neg5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bb4+ 8.c3 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Bc5 10.O-O Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Nf6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Rfe1 Nc6 14.Qd2 Bf5 15.Bg4 Qd7 16.Bxf5 Qxf5


17.Ne6 Ne4 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 c6 20.Bg3 Nxg3 21.fxg3 a6 22.Rf1 Qc2 23.Qe3 Qxb2 24.Rae1 Qa3 25.Qe7 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Rf8+ 27.Kg1 Qxe7 28.Rxe7 Rb8 29.Kf2 h6 30.Ke3 Kf8 31.Rc7 Re8+ 32.Kd2 Re7 33.Rc8+ Kf7


34.Rb8 Ke6 35.Kd3 Kd6 36.c4 Kc7 37.Rg8 dxc4+ 38.Kxc4 Kb6 39.h4 h5 40.a4 a5 41.Kd4 c5+ 42.Kd5 Rd7+ 43.Ke5 Rc7 44.Rh8 c4 45.Rxh5 Rc5+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2162) - Lucin (lichess 2098), lichess 3/8/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Qe7 7.d4 Ne4 8.c3 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qh5 10.Qxh5 Be7 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Nd2 g6 14.Qe2 Bf5 15.Ngf3 a5 16.O-O g5


17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Nxg5 Bg6 19.e6 f6 20.Nf7 Rg8 21.Bxc7 Kf8 22.Bd6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6 Ke7 24.Nf5+ Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Rg6 26.Raf1 Rag8 27.c4 h6 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Rxd5 Rxg3+ 30.hxg3 Rxg3+ 31.Kh2 Rh3+, Black resigns.