Thursday, May 25, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/24/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1810) - BarbarCohen (Chess.com 1849), Chess.com 5/24/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh3 12.c3 Be7 13.Bf1 Qe6 14.Nd2 Ng5 15.Qf2 O-O 16.h4 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Be3 f5 19.exf6 Rxf6


20.Qe2 Raf8 21.Bh3 Qf7 22.Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.Bxf1 Bd6 24.Bf2 Qf3 25.Qxf3 exf3 26.O-O-O Rf6 27.Re1 Kf8 28.Bb5 Ne7 29.Bd3 h6 30.Kd2 b6 31.a3 c5 32.dxc5 Bxc5 33.Bxc5 bxc5 34.Rf1 f2


35.Ke2 Nc6 36.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 37.Kxf2 Ne5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Timor-Dovbysh (lichess 2090) - JimWest (lichess 2150), lichess 5/24/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 f5 5.exf5 Bxf5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O Bg4 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Qd7 11.Qd2 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.Bd5+ Kh8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Bf6 16.c3 Rae8 17.Rae1 Nd8


18.Rxe8 Rxe8 19.Re1 c6 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.Bf3 d5 22.Qe2 Qxe2 23.Bxe2 Kg8 24.Bg4 Kf7 25.Bb8 a6 26.Bc8 Ke8 27.Bc7 d4 28.c4 c5 29.Ke2 Ke7 30.Bxd8+ Kxd8 31.Bxb7 a5 32.a4 Kc7 33.Bd5 Kd6 34.Kf3 Ke5 35.Be4 h6


36.Kg4 Bg5 37.h4 Bc1 38.b3 Kf6 39.h5 Be3 40.Kf3 Ke5 41.g4 Bg5 42.Bf5 Bc1 43.Bg6 Bg5 44.Bh7 Bc1 45.Bg6 Bg5 46.Be8 Bc1 47.Bc6 Bg5 48.Be4 Bc1 49.Bg6, draw.