Sunday, April 23, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 4/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1867) - LostRookie4 (Chess.com 1778), Chess.com 4/22/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Ng4 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Nf3 d5 11.e5 c6 12.O-O f6 13.h3 Nh6 14.a3 Ba5 15.b4 Bc7 16.Qc2 g6 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.Rae1 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Nf5


20.g4 Ng7 21.Kg2 Ne6 22.f5 Ng7 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Qxg6 Nd7 25.exf6 Qxf6 26.Qxf6 Nxf6 27.Ne5 Rae8 28.Bh6 Bxe5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5 30.dxe5 Nd7 31.Rxf8+ Nxf8 32.Be3 Nge6 33.Bxa7 Nf4+ 34.Kg3 Nd3 35.b5 Nxe5 36.bxc6 bxc6


37.a4 Nfd7 38.a5 Nd3 39.h4 Nb4 40.Kf4 Kf7 41.h5 Nf6 42.Bd4 Ng8 43.g5 Nd3+ 44.Ke3 Nb4 45.g6+ Ke6 46.Bg7 Kf5 47.Bf8 Kg5 48.Bxb4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

janek_pi3 (lichess 2130) - JimWest (lichess 2116), lichess 4/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Nh2 Nf6 8.d3 Bd6 9.dxe4 Bxg3 10.fxg3 Nxe4 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Bd3 Bf5 13.O-O c6 14.Nf3 Qb6+ 15.Kh2 Nd7 16.b3 Rae8 17.Bxe4 Bxe4


18.Ng5 Nf6 19.Bd6 h6 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Qe2 Re8 23.Rad1 Qa5 24.a4 Qe5 25.Rf4 g5 26.Rf2 h5 27.Rdf1 Re6 28.Rf5 Qd6 29.Rxg5+ Kh7 30.Kh1 e3 31.Rf3 Qd2


32.Rxh5+ Nxh5 33.Rf7+ Ng7 34.Qh5+Kg8 35.Qf3 Re8 36.Qf6 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qxg3+ 38.Kxg3 Nh5+ 39.Kf3 Nxf6 40.Rxf6 e2 41.Rg6+ Kh7 42.Rg4 e1=Q 43.Rf4 Qf1+ 44.Kg4 Qxg2+ 45.Kf5 Rf8+, White resigns.