Saturday, May 27, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/26/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1812) - Ziaii (Chess.com 1670), Chess.com 5/26/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 h6 8.O-O Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.f5 d5 11.Qc2 dxe4 12.dxe4 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Qe7 14.a4 a6 15.b4 Ba7 16.b5 axb5 17.axb5 Nb8 18.Ba3 Qe8 19.Bxf8 Kxf8


20.Qb3 Nbd7 21.Nd2 Nc5 22.Qb4 Bb6 23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Nb3 Nfd7 25.Ra1 Qe8 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.Nxc5 Bxc5 28.Qb3 b6 29.Qd5 Nf6 30.Qd8+ Qxd8 31.Rxd8+ Ke7 32.Rd1 Nd7 33.g3 Bd6 34.Kg2 Nc5 35.h4 Na4


36.Rc1 Nb2 37.c4 Nd3 38.Rd1 Nb2 39.Rc1 Bc5 40.Be2 Bd4 41.Kf3 Na4 42.g4 Nc5 43.Rc2 Nb7 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 f6 46.g6 Kf8 47.Ra2 Na5 48.Bd3 Kg8 49.Rh2 Nb7 50.Ke2 Na5 51.Rh1 Nb7 52.Kf3 Na5 53.Be2 Bc5 54.Rd1 Bd4


55.Rd3 Nxc4 56.Rxd4 exd4 57.Bxc4+ Kf8 58.Ke2 Ke7 59.Kd3 Kd6 60.Kxd4 Ke7 61.Kd5 Kd7 62.Bd3 Kd8 63.Ke6 Ke8 64.Bc4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

tugodumv (lichess 2031) - JimWest (lichess 2141), lichess 5/26/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.O-O f4 6.d4 Qf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.d5 h5 9.dxc6 bxc6 10.Be2 g5 11.Ne1 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 g4 13.f3 Qg6 14.b4 Nf6 15.b5 cxb5 16.Nxb5 Rh7 17.Ba3 gxf3 18.Rxf3 Qxe4 19.Qd1 d5


20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Nd6 Qb4 22.Nf5 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 Ne4 24.Nd3 Qc7 25.Qe1 Nc6

26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.Qc3 Ne4 28.Qa3+ Kg8 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Qb3 Qf7 31.Ne3 Nd4 32.Rxd4 exd4 33.Nd1 Nd2, White resigns.