Wednesday, April 12, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/11/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

lonejackBR87 (Chess.com 1765) - JimWest (Chess.com 1849), Chess.com 4/11/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.g4 h5 7.Bg2 d5 8.h3 hxg4 9.hxg4 Rxh1+ 10.Bxh1 g6 11.fxg6 Bxg4 12.Qd2 Bh6 13.Qb4 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Nbd7 15.Nc3 Be6 16.O-O-O b6 17.Bg2 Qe7 18.Qb3 O-O-O 19.Nb5 Kb7


20.Qa4 a6 21.Na3 Rg8 22.Bf1 Nb8 23.c4 Rxg6 24.Bxf6 Rxf6 25.c5 Bg4 26.Rd2 e3 27.fxe3 Rxf1+ 28.Kc2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2071) - sasha2518 (lichess 2130), lichess 4/11/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 e3 7.Bc4 Be7 8.Nf3 Nf2 9.Qe2 Nxh1 10.Bxe3 O-O 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.O-O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 a6 14.Rxh1 b5 15.Bd3 Qe7 16.Kb2 b4 17.c4 h6 18.h3 Nc6 19.g4 Bb7


20.Rg1 a5 21.g5 h5 22.Nh4 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Qxe5+ 24.Kb1 Rfe8 25.Qxh5 Be4 26.Bc1 Bxd3 27.cxd3 Qc3 28.Qd1 b3 29.Bb2 bxa2+ 30.Kxa2 Qb4 31.Qb3 Qxb3+ 32.Kxb3 Re3 33.Kc2 Rb8 34.Bc3 Rxh3 35.Nf5 Rh2+ 36.Kc1 Rb3


37.Be5 Re2 38.Bxg7 Rxd3 39.Rh1 f6 40.g6 Rc3+ 41.Kd1 Ra2 42.Rh8#.