Monday, April 3, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1879) - balbir123 (Chess.com 1859), Chess.com 4/2/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 b6 3.e4 e5 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bb7 7.O-O Be7 8.c3 O-O 9.f5 Re8 10.a4 Bf8 11.Na3 d5 12.exd5 Bxd5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 c5 15.Nc2 Qc7 16.Ne3 Bc6 17.Nc4 e4 18.Bg3 Qb7 


19.Nfe5 exd3 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rad8 23.Rxd3 Rxd3 24.Qxd3 Be7 25.Re1 Rd8 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 Rd7


28.Ne5 Rd2 29.Nc4 Rd7 30.Ne5 Rd2 31.Nc4 Rd7 32.Ne5, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

NOTANMOL (lichess 2010) - JimWest (lichess 2106), lichess 4/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nh4 Nxe4 8.dxe4 Bxh4 9.g3 Be7 10.f3 c6 11.Be3 a5 12.Bd2 Na6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.a4 fxe4 15.fxe4 Bh3 16.Rxf8+ Bxf8


17.g4 Qh4 18.Be1 Qxg4+ 19.Qxg4 Bxg4 20.Kg2 Ra8 21.h3 Be6 22.Ne2 Be7 23.b3 Rf8 24.Bxa5 d5 25.Ng3 dxe4 26.Nxe4 Bd5 27.Re1 Rf4 28.Kg3 Rxe4 29.Rf1 Bh4+ 30.Kh2 Re2+ 31.Kg1 Rg2+ 32.Kh1 Rxc2+ 33.Kg1 Rg2+ 34.Kh1 Rg3+ 35.Kh2 Rxb3


36.Bc7 Rb2+ 37.Kg1 Rg2+ 38.Kh1 Bf6 39.Bd6 Rf2+ 40.Kg1 Rxf1+ 41.Kxf1 Kf7 42.Bc5 Ke6 43.Bb6 e4 44.Ke2 Kf5 45.Kf2 Bh4+ 46.Kg2 e3+ 47.Kf1 Bc4+ 48.Kg2 e2 49.Ba5 e1=Q 50.Bxe1 Bxe1 51.Kf3 Bb3 52.a5 Bxa5, White resigns.