Wednesday, April 19, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/18/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1853) - uthangyi (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 4/18/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Bc5 3.d3 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.f4 O-O 6.f5 d5 7.Qf3 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nc6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd2 Bd7 12.O-O-O Rad8 13.g4 Qg5 14.h4 Qe3 15.Qxe3 Bxe3 16.Ngf3 a6 17.Bc4 b5 18.Bd5 Ne7 19.Bb3 c5


20.Nxe5 Bc8 21.Nef3 Bb7 22.Bc2 b4 23.cxb4 cxb4 24.Kb1 Nc6 25.g5 h5 26.Rhe1 Bf4 27.g6 f6 28.Bb3+ Kh8 29.Bd5 Ba8 30.Nb3 Ne5 31.Nxe5 fxe5 32.Bxa8 Rxa8 33.Rd5 Rfd8 34.Red1 Rdc8 35.Nc5 a5


36.Ne6 a4 37.Rd7 Bh6 38.Nd8 b3 39.Nf7+ Kg8 40.Nxh6+ gch6 41.axb3 axb3 42.Rb7 Rc4 43.Re1 Rca4 44.Kc1 Rc4+ 45.Kb1 Rca4 46.Kc1 Rc8+ 47.Kd2 Rc2+ 48.Ke3 Rxb2


49.f6 Ra8 50.Rg7+ Kh8 51.Rh7+ Kg8 52.f7+ Kf8 53.Rh8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

GP1969 (lichess 2095) - JimWest (lichess 2096), lichess 4/18/2023

1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.d3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4 c6 8.c3 Kh8 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Nh4 Qxb3 11.axb3 f4 12.h3 Nh5 13.g4 Bxh4 14.gxh5 a6 15.Kh2 Be6 16.Bf3 Nd7 17.Bg4 Rae8 18.Nf3 Bd8 19.Rg1 Nc5


20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.d4 Nxb3 22.Rb1 Nxc1 23.Rbxc1 exd4 24.cxd4 Rxe4 25.Rce1 Rfe8 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Nxe1 Bf6 29.Nf3 b5 30.Kg1 a5 31.Kf1 Kg8 32.Ke2 Kf7 33.Kd3 Ke6 34.Nd2 a4 35.Ne4 b4 36.Nd2 d5


37.f3 Kf5 38.Nf1 a3 39.bxa3 bxa3 40.Nd2 a2 41.Nb3 Kg5 42.Kc3 c5 43.Kb2 c4 44.Nd2 Bxd4+ 45.Kxa2 Kxh5 46.Ka3 Kh4 47.Kb4 Kxh3 48.Kb5 Be3 49.Nb1 Kg3 50.Kc6 d4 51.Kd5 c3 52.Na3 Kxf3 53.Kc4, White resigns.