Monday, March 20, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1841) - LuciOctavio (Chess.com 1689), Chess.com 3/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 Nf6 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 a5 7.a4 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 g6 10.Bg5 gxf5 11.exd5 e4 12.dxc6 exf3 13.d4 Qe8+ 14.Kd1 Be7 15.gxf3 Ng4 16.fxg4 Bxg5 17.gxf5 Qe3 18.Be2 Bxf5 19.Qd2 bxc6


20.Qxe3 Bxe3 21.Nd2 Bg6 22.Nc4 Bf4 23.h4 h5 24.Rf1 Bg3 25.Rg1 Bxh4 26.Bxh5 Kh7 27.Bxg6+ fxg6 28.Ne5 Rf6 29.Kc2 Rb8 30.Raf1 Rbf8 31.Rxf6 Rxf6


32.Rg2 Kh6 33.Ng4+ Kg7 34.Nxf6 Kxf6 35.b4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pawczyk (lichess 2269) - JimWest (lichess 2135), lichess 3/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 h6 8.Ne6 Bxe6 9.fxe6 Bb4 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qe7 13.fxe4 Nxe4 14.Rxf8+ Kxf8 15.Qf1+ Kg8 16.Qf5 Nc6


17.Qxd5 Nxc3 18.Qc4 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Nxd4 20.Qc4 Nxe6 21.Ba3 Qxa3 22.Qxe6+ Kh8 23.Qc4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Re8 25.h3 Qe5 26.Rb1 b6


27.Qa6 Qg3 28.Qxa7 Re1+ 29.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 30.Kh2 Qe5+ 31.Kh1 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qe5+ 33.Kh1 Qe1+, draw.