Tuesday, May 23, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

MikhailNikolaevich1957 (Chess.com 1601) - JimWest (Chess.com 1803), Chess.com 5/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.O-O-O Be6 14.f4 exf3 15.gxf3 Nd7 16.Bd3 O-O-O 17.Rhe1 Qf6 18.Qe3 Rde8 19.Qxa7 Qxf3


20.Qa8+ Nb8 21.Bb5 c6 22.Ba4 Bd7 23.Rf1 Qe3+ 24.Kb1 Rhf8 25.a3 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Qd4 27.Qa5 Na6 28.Bb3 Qc5 29.Qxc5 Nxc5 30.Rf7 Nxb3 31.cxb3 h5 32.h4 Re3 33.Rf8+ Kc7 34.Nf1 Rxb3 35.Nd2 Rh3 36.Rg8 Rxh4


37.Nf3 Bf5+ 38.Ka2 Rf4 39.Ng5 Rg4 40.Rg7+ Kb6 41.Nf3 Be4 42.Nd2 h4 43.Nb1 Bxb1+ 44.Kxb1 g5 45.Kc2 Rg2+ 46.Kc3 h3 47.b4 g4 48.a4 h2 49.a5+ Ka6 50.Rh7 g3

51.Rh8 Ka7 52.a6 Kxa6 53.Ra8+ Kb6 54.b5 Kxb5 55.Rb8 Kb6 56.Rh8 Rg1, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2151) - Antoninandre (lichess 2183), lichess 5/22/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qe7 8.a4 d5 9.fxe5 Nxe5 10.d4 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 dxe4 13.Bg2 Bd6 14.O-O O-O-O 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6


17.Qg4+ Kb8 18.Qxe4 Qd7 19.Qxb7#.