Saturday, May 13, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1833) - Janolktos (Chess.com 1806), Chess.com 5/12/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nc6 9.exd5+ Ne7 10.c4 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Nf3 Qd6 13.O-O O-O-O 14.c5 Qc7 15.Nc3 Nfd5 16.Ne5 f6 17.Nf7 Ng6 18.Nxh8 Nxh8 19.Nxd5 Rxd5


20.Qe8+ Rd8 21.Qe6+ Qd7 22.Qxd7+ Rxd7 23.Be3 Ng6 24.b4 Ne7 25.Rab1 Nd5 26.Bd2 a6 27.a4 Rb7 28.Rfe1 Be7 29.Re6 Kd7 30.Rbe1 Rb8 31.R6e2 Rb7 32.Rb1 Rb8 33.g3 Rb7 34.Be1 Rb8 35.Reb2 Nc7 36.g4 Rb7 37.Bg3 Nd5


38.b5 axb5 39.axb5 cxb5 40.Rxb5 Rxb5 41.Rxb5 Nc3 42.Rb7+ Kd8 43.c6 Ne2+ 44.Kf2 Nxd4 45.Rd7+ Ke8 46.Rxd4 Bc5 47.Ke3 Bxd4+ 48.Kxd4 Kd8 49.Kd5 g6 50.Ke6 h5 51.gxh5 gxh5 52.Kxf6 h4 53.Bxh4 Kc7 54.Kf7 Kxc6


55.Bf6 Kd5 56.h4 Ke4 57.h5 Kf5 58.h6 Kg4 59.h7 Kh5 60.h8=Q+ Kg4 61.Qh4+ Kf5 62.Qg5+ Ke4 63.Ke6 Kf3 64.Qh4 Ke3 65.Kf5 Kf3 66.Qh3+ Ke2 67.Kf4 Kd2 68.Ke4 Kc2 69.Qc3+ Kd1 70.Qb2 Ke1 71.Kf3 Kd1 72.Ke3, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Mrakokrad (lichess 2149) - JimWest (lichess 2133), lichess 5/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne7 9.e6 O-O 10.Nf7 Qe8 11.Qg4 Ng6 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 Bxe6 14.Qe2 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Ne5 16.Bg2 Nf3+ 17.Kf1 Qc6


18.Bb2 Qa6 19.Qxa6 Nxa6 20.Rd1 c6, White forfeits.