Wednesday, March 15, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1854) - Elia-167 (Chess.com 1701), Chess.com 3/14/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 Nb8 9.f5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 c5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.a4 Qb6 14.Rf2 Nc6 15.Na3 Bh4 16.g3 Bg5 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.h4 Bd8 19.Kg2 Na5


20.Ne3 c4 21.Nd5 Qd7 22.f6 Bxf6 23.Nxf6+ gxf6 24.Bg4 Qc6 25.Rxf6 cxd3 26.Bf5 Kg7 27.Qf3 Qc7 28.Bh3 Qe7 29.Rf1 d2 30.Qg4+ Kh7 31.Qh5 Rh8 32.Rxf7+ Kg8 33.Qg6#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

sadegh89 (lichess 2028) - JimWest (lichess 2160), lichess 3/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Nfd2 d5 6.Nc3 c6 7.Nb3 Bb4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Ne7 10.c4 O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Be2 Nbc6 13.Bb2 Be6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc6 16.Qd2 Qh4 17.O-O Rad8 18.Rad1 Qf4 19.Qxf4 Rxf4


20.g3 Rff8 21.f4 exf3 22.Bxf3 Rxf3 23.Rxf3 Bg4 24.Rfd3 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Kf7 26.Kg2 Ke6 27.Re1 d4 28.Re4 Rd5 29.Kf3 Nxe5+ 30.Kf4 Kd6 31.Bxd4 Ng6+ 32.Ke3 Ra5 33.Bxg7 Rxa3+ 34.Kd2 Ra5 35.Bc3 Rd5+ 36.Rd4 Rxd4+ 37.Bxd4 b6


38.Ke3 Kd5 39.c3 Ne7 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Kg5 Kf7 42.Kh6 Kg8 43.h4 Nf5+ 44.Kh5 Nxg3+ 45.Kg5 Ne2 46.Be5 b5 47.h5 a5 48.Kh6 a4 49.Bd4 a3 50.Bg7 a2 51.c4 bxc4 52.Ba1 c3 53.Kg5 c2 54.Bb2 c1=Q+ 55.Bxc1 Nxc1, White resigns.