Saturday, May 20, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

lucaman9 (Chess.com 1679) - JimWest (Chess.com 1853), Chess.com 5/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ng1 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.Qd2 Ng4 12.Nh3 e3 13.fxe3 Nxe3 14.Bb4 Nxf1 15.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 16.Kxf1 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qf6+ 18.Qf2 Qxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Nc6


20.Bc3 Rf8+ 21.Ke2 Rf4 22.Rd1 Rh4 23.Rd3 a5 24.a3 b5 25.b3 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Bb2 Kf7 28.c4 bxc3 29.Bxc3 Ke6 30.Bb2 Nb4 31.Re3+ Re4 32.Rxe4 dxe4 33.d5+ Kxd5 34.Bxg7 Nd3 35.Bh6 c5 36.Bd2 h5


37.Ke3 Ne5 38.Be1 Nf3 39.Bg3 Nd4 40.Kf4 Nxb3 41.Kg5 c4 42.Kxh5 c3 43.Bf4 c2 44.Be3 c1=Q 45.Bxc1 Nxc1 46.Kg4 Kd4 47.Kg3 e3 48.Kg2 Kd3 49.Kf1 Kd2 50.h4 e2+ 51.Kg2 e1=Q


52.Kh3 Nd3 53.h5 Nf4+ 54.Kg4 Nxh5 55.Kxh5 Qe2+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2121) - A_Upadhyay (lichess 2004), lichess 5/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d5 5.Nc3 Ng4 6.Nh3 Nxh2 7.Qh5 Bg4 8.Qxe5+ Kf8 9.Rxh2 Qh4+ 10.Kd2 Qg3 11.Nxd5 Bxh3 12.Rxh3 Qf2+ 13.Be2 Nc6 14.Qc3 Rd8

15.Rf3 Qg1 16.Rf1 Qxg2 17.Qxc5+ Ke8 18.Nxc7+ Kd7 19.Nb5 b6 20.Qd6+ Ke8 21.Nc7#.