Wednesday, June 7, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 6/6/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

hikarubelkhayat (Chess.com 1874) - JimWest (Chess.com 1824), Chess.com 6/6/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.Qe2 Bd6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.f4 O-O 11.O-O Nd4 12.Qd1 Nxb5 13.Nxb5 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Qxb5 15.fxe5 Bxe5 16.Bf4 Bxf4 17.Rxf4 Bd7 18.Rh4 h6 19.Nf3 Rae8


20.d4 Qe2 21.Qc1 Ng4 22.h3 Ne3 23.g4 Qg2#.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2128) - phe32 (lichess 2084), lichess 6/6/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.d4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bb5 Nb6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nbd2 h6 14.c3 Bg5 15.Bxg5 hxg5 16.g4 Bg6 17.a4 Rb8 18.a5 Nd7 19.b4 Re8


20.Qa4 Rb5 21.Rfe1 Nf8 22.Nb3 Ne6 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Be4 25.Nd4 a6 26.Nxc6 Qc8 27.c4 Rb7 28.cxd5 Bxd5 29.Rad1 Bxc6 30.Qxc6 Rxb4 31.Qd7 Qxd7 32.Rxd7 Rb5 33.Rxc7 Rxa5


34.Rf1 Rxe5 35.Rfxf7 Ra1+ 36.Kf2 Ra2+ 37.Kf3 Ra3+ 38.Kf2 Ra2+ 39.Kf3 Ra3+ 40.Kf2 Ra2+, draw.