Monday, March 27, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1847) - mikhael1963 (Chess.com 1925), Chess.com 3/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 c5 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 Bxb5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Nc3 Qd7


11.e6 fxe6 12.Nxb5 Qxb5 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Qc8+ Bd8 15.Qe6+ Be7 16.Qc8+ Bd8 17.Qe6+ Be7, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Wukong-knight (lichess 1996) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 3/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf6 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Ng5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nxd4 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 11.Bd3 Bxf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.Bd2 O-O 14.O-O-O c6 15.Bf4 d5


16.Bg3 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Rf2 18.Rhg1 Bf6 19.Rdf1 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rf8 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Kd2 Ke7 24.Ke3 Kd6 25.Kf4 Kc5 26.Ke5 Kc4 27.Ke6 Kxc3 28.Kf7 Kxc2 29.Kxg7 d4 30.Kxh7 d3


31.g4 d2 32.g5 d1=Q 33.g6 Qh5+ 34.Kg7 Qxh2 35.Kf7 Qxg2 36.g7 Kb2 37.g8=Q Qxg8+ 38.Kxg8 Kxa2 39.Kf7 c5 40.Ke6 c4 41.Kd5 c3 42.Kd4 c2 43.Kd3 c1=Q 44.Kd4 b5 45.Kd3 b4 46.Kd4 b3 47.Kd3 b2 48.Kd4 b1=Q


49.Kd5 Qd3+ 50.Ke5 Qc5+ 51.Ke6 Qdf5#.