Tuesday, May 30, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1838) - Elhakim61 (Chess.com 1742), Chess.com 5/29/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Ng8 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.d4 Bb6 8.c3 d6 9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Kh1 Ng6 13.e5 Qd8 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Be3 Ne7 16.Nbd2 Nf5 17.Bg1 Nh4


18.Nxh4 Qxh4 19.Qb3+ Be6 20.Qxe6+ Kh7 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.Rf1 Rxf1 23.Nxf1 Qe1 24.Ng3 c5 25.Qd5 Qd1 26.Qe4 cxd4 27.cxd4 Bc7 28.Qxb7 Bb6 29.Qe4 Bc7 30.h4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

HayroKozn (lichess 2099) - JimWest (lichess 2147), lichess 5/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.Qc2 fxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qe3 Be7 7.Bc4 c6 8.Bb3 Na6 9.d4 e4 10.Ng5 d5 11.h4 h6 12.Nh3 O-O 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.Nf4 Bd6 15.Nf1 Bxf4 16.Qxf4 Bh7 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Qxc7 Nxc7 19.O-O-O Ng4


20.Rd2 Ne6 21.Nh2 Nxh2 22.Rxh2 Nf4 23.Bd1 Nd3+ 24.Kc2 Rf6 25.g4 Ne1+ 26.Kb3 Nf3 27.Bxf3 Rxf3 28.g5 h5 29.Kb4 b6 30.Rd1 a5+ 31.Kb3 Bf5 32.Rg1 g6 33.Rg3 Rxg3 34.fxg3 Bg4 35.Rf2 Bf3 36.c4 Rf8 37.cxd5 cxd5


38.Ka4 Re8 39.Kb5 Re6 40.Rc2 Bd1 41.Rc8+ Kf7 42.b3 Be2+ 43.Ka4 Ke7, White forfeits.