Saturday, April 15, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 4/14/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

magiccarp8712 (Chess.com 1796) - JimWest (Chess.com 1862), Chess.com 4/14/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Nxe7 6.Nc3 fxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 8.Nc3 e4 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O Nd7 12.f4 exf3 13.Nxf3 Nf6 14.a4 Ng6 15.Bd3 Nf4 16.Ng5 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 g6 18.Rae1 Qd6 19.h3 Bd7


20.Ne2 Rae8 21.Ng3 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Qf4 23.Qe3 Qxe3+ 24.Rxe3 h6 25.Nf3 Re8 26.Ne5 Bc8 27.Rf3 Kg7 28.Kf2 h5 29.c3 a5 30.Nf1 Ne4+ 31.Ke3 Re7 32.Ng3 Nxg3 33.Rxg3 Bf5 34.Kf4 Kh6 35.h4 Bc2 36.b3 Rg7


37.c4 dxc4 38.Nxc4 Rd7 39.Ke5 Rd5+ 40.Kf6 Rxd4 41.Ne5 Rf4+ 42.Ke6 Rxh4 43.Rf3 Bf5 44.Kf6 Rb4 45.Rg3 Bg4 46.Nxg6 b5 47.Rd3 bxa4 48.Rd8 Rb7 49.Ne7 Rxe7 50.Kxe7 axb3 51.Kf6 Kh7 52.Rd7+ Bxd7, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2082) - medleymax (lichess 1959), lichess 4/14/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d5 6.Be2 dxe4 7.dxe4 Qxd1+ 8.Bxd1 Bb4 9.Bd2 exf4 10.Nge2 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 g5 12.h4 Bg4 13.hxg5 Bxd1 14.Rxd1 Ng4 15.Bxf4 Nb4 16.O-O Nxc2 17.Nd5 O-O-O


18.Rc1 Nge3 19.Bxe3 Nxe3 20.Rc7+ Kb8 21.Rfxf7 Nxd5 22.Rxb7+ Kc8 23.dxc5 Rxd5 24.Rxa7 Kb8 25.Rfb7+ Kc8 26.Rxh7, Black resigns.