Monday, May 22, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1822) - Dhafa123 (Chess.com 1761), Chess.com 5/21/2023

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O Qd7 8.c3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e5 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 h5 12.Nc4 O-O-O 13.f5 gxf5 14.exf5 Kb8 15.Bg5 d5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ne3 Ne7


18.Bxh5 d4 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.Nxe5 Be3+ 21.Kh1 Qd5 22.Nxf7 Rdg8 23.Bg6 Nxg6 24.fxg6 Rxg6 25.Qf3 Qxf3 26.Rxf3 Rhg8 27.g3 c5 28.Ne5 Rh8 29.Nxg6, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

user064 (lichess 2107) - JimWest (lichess 2139), lichess 5/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.Be2 Bxf5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 O-O 11.h4 h6 12.g4 Bc8 13.Nh3 e3 14.f3 Nxg4 15.Nf2 exf2+ 16.Kd2 Nf6 17.Bd3 Nh5 18.Qf1 Ng3


19.Qg2 f1=Q 20.Raxf1 Nxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qxh4 22.Bg6 Nc6 23.Kd1 Bf5 24.Rh1 Qf6 25.Rxh6 Bxg6 26.Rxg6 Qxf3+ 27.Qxf3 Rxf3, White forfeits.