Wednesday, June 21, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

21000 (Chess.com 1917) - JimWest (Chess.com 1899), Chess.com 6/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nc3 d5 7.f3 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Bxf5 10.fxe4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Qh5+ Bg6 13.Qe5+ Qe7 14.O-O-O Qxe5 15.dxe5 c6 16.Be2 O-O 17.e6 Re8 18.Bg4 Na6


19.h4 h5 20.Bh3 Nc5 21.Rde1 Ne4 22.Bd4 c5 23.Be3 d4 24.Bf4 Nf2 25.Rh2 Nxh3 26.Rxh3 Bf5 27.Rg3 Rxe6 28.Rxe6 Bxe6 29.Be5 Bg4 30.Kd2 Re8 31.Bd6 b6 32.Kd3 Kh7 33.a4 a5 34.Bc7 Re6


35.c3 Be2+ 36.Kd2 dxc3+ 37.Kxc3 Bg4 38.Kc4 Re4+ 39.Kb5 Rb4+ 40.Kc6 Rxb2 41.Bxb6 c4 42.Bxa5 Rb3 43.Rxb3 cxb3 44.Bc3, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2150) - marcelqwe (lichess 2081), lichess 6/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.f4 O-O 6.fxe5 Nxe4 7.d4 Qe8 8.Bd3 d5 9.Nf3 Bb6 10.O-O Nxe5 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Nd2 f5


15.Nc4 c6 16.Bd6 Qf7 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Bxf8 Qxf8 19.Qb3+ Kh8 20.Qxb6 f4 21.Rxf4, Black resigns.