Friday, March 10, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 3/9/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1827) - wecanwin45 (Chess.com 1795), Chess.com 3/9/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 d6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.f5 a5 9.a4 Qb8 10.Na3 Na7 11.Nc4 b5 12.axb5 Nxb5 13.Bg5 a4 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Kh1 c6 16.g4 d5 17.Ncd2 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Qd8


19.g5 Be7 20.f6 Bb4 21.Nxe5 Nd4 22.Nxd7 Qxd7 23.c3 Nxe2 24.Qxe2 Ba5 25.fxg7 Kxg7 26.Nf6 Qb7 27.Qe4 Rh8 28.Rxa4 Qxb2 29.Qe5 Kg6 30.Rxa5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

pechauri (lichess 2273) - JimWest (lichess 2167), lichess 3/9/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.c4 c6 11.f4 exf3 12.Bxf3 dxc4 13.Qe2 Qe8 14.Nxc4 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Qxe2 16.Bxe2 Be6 17.Bf4 Bxc4 18.Bxc4+ Nd5 19.Rae1 Nd7


20.Re7 N7b6 21.Bxd5+ Nxd5 22.Rxb7 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Rfd8 24.Re1 Rxd5 25.Ree7 Rxf4 26.Rxg7+ Kh8 27.Rxh7+ Kg8 28.Rbg7+ Kf8 29.Rc7 Kg8 30.Rxa7 Ra4 31.Rag7+ Kf8 32.Rb7 Kg8 33.Rhc7 Rxa2 34.Rxc6 Rd8


35.Kh2 Ra5 36.Kh3 Rd3+ 37.Kh4 Rf5 38.g4 Rf8 39.Kh5 Rh3+ 40.Kg6 Rg3 41.g5 Rd8, White forfeits.