Friday, April 21, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1851) - dax-sportswear (Chess.com 1679), Chess.com 4/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Ng4 6.Be2 exf4 7.Bxf4 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 Nc6 10.c3 h6 11.Nbd2 Nh7 12.d4 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Kh1 Qh4 16.Qe1 Qe7 17.Bf3 Rb8 18.Qf2 a6 19.Rae1 Nd8


20.e5 dxe5 21.Rxe5 Qd6 22.Ne4 Qb6 23.Ng3 Ne6 24.Nf5 f6 25.Ne7+ Kh7 26.Be4+ g6 27.Bxg6+ Kg7 28.Nxc8 Rbxc8 29.Rxe6 Qxe6 30.Bf5 Qe8 31.Bxc8 Qxc8 32.Qf5 Qxf5 33.Rxf5 Re8 34.Kg1 Kg6 35.g4 Re2


36.Rf2 Re1+ 37.Kg2 c6 38.a3 Re6 39.Rd2 Rd6 40.Kg3 b5 41.h4 h5 42.gxh5+ Kxh5 43.Re2 f5 44.Re8 Rg6+ 45.Kh3 f4 46.Rh8+ Rh6 47.Rxh6+ Kxh6 48.Kg4 f3 49.Kxf3 Kh5 50.Kg3 a5 51.b4 a4 52.Kh3 Kg6 53.Kg4 Kf6


54.h5 Ke6 55.h6 Kd5 56.h7 Kc4 57.h8=Q Kxc3 58.d5+ Kb3 59.dxc6 Kxa3 60.Qc3+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Veniamin6 (lichess 2068) - JimWest (lichess 2094), lichess 4/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nf7 Qf6 8.Be3 d4 9.Bg5 Qf5 10.g4 Qd5 11.c4 Qxe6 12.Nxh8 Nc6 13.Bg2 Nf6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.O-O Kf8 16.Qe2 Qxg4 17.Qxg4 Bxg4 18.Bxe4 Kg7 19.a3 a5


20.Nd2 Kxh8 21.Nb3 Bd6 22.f3 Bh3 23.Rf2 Rg8+ 24.Kh1 a4 25.c5 Bf4 26.Nd2 Ne5 27.Bd5 Rd8 28.Bxb7 c6 29.Ba6 d3, White forfeits.