Friday, March 31, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1877) - madehajabar (Chess.com 1919), Chess.com 3/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nf3 c6 10.Bd3 f5 11.O-O fxe4 12.Bxe4 d5 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Qc2 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5+ 16.Kh1 b6 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.Bd2 Nc6


19.a3 Nd4 20.Qd1 Ne6 21.b4 Bd4 22.Rc1 Bxc3 23.Bxc3 d4 24.Bc4 Bd5 25.Nc6 Qd6 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Bxd4 Rac8 28.Be5 Qd7 29.Qxd5 Qxd5 30.Ne7+ Kh8 31.Nxd5 Rcd8 32.Nc7 Nxc7 33.Rxc7 Rg8 34.Rxa7 h6


35.h3 Rd3 36.Rc1 Kh7 37.Rcc7 Rg3 38.Kh2 Rg6 39.g4 b5 40.Rcb7 Kh8 41.Rxb5 Rc8 42.Rb8 Rxb8 43.Bxb8 h5 44.g5 h4 45.Be5 Kh7 46.Kg2 Rc6 47.Rxg7+ Kh8 48.Rc7+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

zenitchik (lichess 1993) - JimWest (lichess 2091), lichess 3/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.exf5 Bxf5 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nc3 c6 9.Nh4 Bg6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.g3 O-O-O 12.Bf3 d5 13.Bg2 Kb8 14.Re1 Rde8 15.d4 e4 16.Bh3 Qf7 17.Ng2 h6 18.b4 Nb6 19.Ne3 Nh7


20.b5 Ng5 21.Bg2 Rhf8 22.bxc6 Qxf2+ 23.Kh1 bxc6 24.Rb1 Ka8 25.Ng4 Qf7 26.Rf1 Nf3 27.Qe2 Bh5 28.Qa6 Rb8 29.Ne5 Qc7 30.Bxf3 Bxf3+ 31.Nxf3 Rxf3 32.Rxf3 exf3 33.Rf1 Rf8 34.Qd3 Qf7 35.Nd1 Nc4 36.Nf2 h5


37.Re1 g5 38.a4 g4 39.c3 Re8 40.Rxe8+ Qxe8 41.Qb1 Qe3 42.Kg1 Qxc3 43.Qd3, White resigns.