Friday, June 23, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/22/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Nizar-harfoush (Chess.com 1900) - JimWest (Chess.com 1904), Chess.com 6/22/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nc3 a5 9.Qe2 Na6 10.Bg5 Nc5 11.Rad1 Qb6 12.b3 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd2 f4 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.a4 g5 17.Qh5 Kh7 18.Rd2 Be6


19.Nd5 cxd5 20.exd5 Bf7 21.Be4+ Kg7 22.Qg4 Nxe4 23.dxe4 Rfd8 24.h4 h5 25.Qf5 Bg6 26.Qe6 Qf7 27.hxg5 Bxg5 28.gxf4 Bxf4 29.Rd3 Qxe6 30.dxe6 Ra6 31.f3 Kf6 32.Red1 Kxe6 33.Kf2 h4 34.Rg1 Bg3+ 35.Ke2 Bf7


36.Ne3 Rc6 37.c4 Bf4 38.Nf5 h3 39.Rg7 h2 40.Rh7 Bg6 41.Re7+ Kf6, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2161) - suji99 (lichess 2051), lichess 6/22/2023

1.e3 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nbd7 4.f4 h6 5.Nf3 e5 6.Be2 c6 7.c3 Qc7 8.O-O Be7 9.Kh1 Nf8 10.Qc2 g5 11.fxg5 hxg5 12.Bxg5 Bg4 13.Nbd2 Rh5 14.Rae1 Bxf3 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bxf3 Rh6


17.Nc4 b5 18.Ne3 Ke7 19.Nf5+ Kd7 20.Nxh6 Ne6 21.Bg4 Rh8 22.Rxf6 Ke7 23.Rxf7+ Ke8, Black resigns.