Sunday, May 28, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 5/27/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

ekmelakyil5 (Chess.com 1717) - JimWest (Chess.com 1799), Chess.com 5/27/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Bxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qh5 Kxh8 15.Bc4 Bd7 16.c3 Qf8 17.Kb1 Re8


18.g4 e3 19.Bd3 Qg7 20.fxe3 Rxe3 21.Bf5 Be8 22.Qxh7+ Qxh7 23.Bxh7 Kxh7 24.Rhe1 Bg6+ 25.Ka1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Kg7 27.b4 Nxd4 28.Rf1 Ne2 29.Kb2 Bxc3+ 30.Kb3 Bf6 31.a4 c6 32.Rd1 Bf7+ 33.Kc2 Nd4+ 34.Kd3 Ne6 35.a5 a6


36.h3 Kf8 37.Ke4 Ke7 38.Re1 Bg6+ 39.Kf3 Kf7 40.Kg3 c5 41.bxc5 Nxc5 42.Rf1 Ke6 43.h4 Bd8 44.g5 Ne4+ 45.Kg4 Bxa5 46.h5 Bxh5+ 47.Kxh5 Ng3+ 48.Kh6 Nxf1 49.g6 Bc3 50.g7 Bxg7+ 51.Kxg7 a5, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2134) - Chess_is_poetry (lichess 2170), lichess 5/27/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qh5 10.Rg1 Nxf1 11.Rxf1 Bh3 12.Rg1 Bc5 13.Rg5 Qh6 14.Rg3 Qh5 15.Qxd5 Be7 16.Nc3 Rd8


17.Qb5+ c6 18.Qxb7 O-O 19.Qxe7 f6 20.Qxg7#.