Thursday, May 11, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/10/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1811) - ThamizharasanJ (Chess.com 1847), Chess.com 5/10/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 dxe4 5.fxe5 Ng4 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Ne2 c5 10.c3 cxd4 11.cxd4 c5 12.h3 Nh6 13.O-O cxd4 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Nxd4 Bc5 16.Kh2 Qc7 17.Qh5 O-O-O 18.Nb3 Be3 19.N1d2 Kb8


20.Rac1 Qb6 21.Nc4 Qa6 22.Nxe3 Qxa2 23.Nc5 Rhg8 24.Nxd7+ Rxd7 25.Qf5 Rd2 26.Qxe4 Rxb2 27.Rb1 Kc8 28.Rxb2 Qxb2 29.Qa8+ Qb8 30.Qxb8+ Kxb8 31.Rxf7 a5


32.e6 Re8 33.e7 Rxe7 34.Rxe7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tallover (lichess 2119) - JimWest (lichess 2132), lichess 5/10/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qe5 Nf6 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Qe3 O-O 12.Be2 Re8 13.Bg4 Qe7 14.O-O Bxe6 15.Bxe6+ Qxe6 16.Qb3 b6 17.Nc3 c6 18.Bd2 Nd7 19.Rfe1 Qf7


20.Qa4 Re6 21.Rxe6 Qxe6 22.Re1 Qd6 23.Bf4 Be5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Qf4 Re8 26.Re3 d4 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.Nf6+ Kh8 29.Nxe8 dxe3 30.Qxe3 Qxe8 31.f4 Kg7 32.fxe5 Qe6 33.b3 c5


34.c4 Kf7 35.Qf3+ Qf5 36.Kf2 Ke6 37.Qxf5+ Kxf5 38.Kf3 Kxe5 39.Ke3 h6 40.a4 h5 41.h4 Kf5 42.g3 Kg4 43.Kf2 g5 44.hxg5 Kxg5 45.Kf3 Kf5 46.Ke3 Kg4 47.Kf2 Kh3 48.Kf3 Kh2 49.Kf2 Kh1 50.Kf1 Kh2 51.Kf2 Kh3


52.Kf3 a6 53.Kf2 Kg4 54.Kg2 Kf5 55.Kf3 Ke5 56.Ke3 a5 57.Kd3 Kf5 58.Ke3 Ke5 59.Kd3 Kf5 60.Ke3 Ke5, draw.