Thursday, June 1, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 5/31/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1855) - marwandk (Chess.com 1918), Chess.com 5/31/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 h6 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 exf4 6.Bxf4 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.h3 Nh7 10.c3 Bg5 11.Nxg5 Nxg5 12.Nd2 Ne5 13.d4 Ng6 14.Bg3 Qe7 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Bd3 b6 17.Rae1 Bb7 


18.e5 dxe5 19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Rxe5 Qd7 21.Qxg6 Rxe5 22.Bxe5 Rf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.h4 Ne6 25.Qf5+ Kg8 26.Nf3 Bxf3 27.Qxf3 c5 28.dxc5 Nxc5 29.Bd4 Ne6 30.Qe4 Nf8 31.h5 Qf7 32.Qg4 Ne6 33.a3 Nf4


34.Bxg7 Kh7 35.Bd4 Nxh5 36.Qe4+ Kg8 37.Qa8+ Kh7 38.Qh8+ Kg6 39.Qe5 Ng7 40.Qxg7+ Qxg7 41.Bxg7 Kxg7 42.Kf2 Kf6 43.Ke3 Ke5 44.c4 a5 45.b4 h5 46.g3 Kf5 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.a4 Ke5


49.Kd3 Kf5 50.c5 Ke5 51.Kc4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ZitaNeo (lichess 2123) - JimWest (lichess 2143), lichess 5/31/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nc3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Qe8 12.O-O Nc6 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.h3 a6 16.Be2 Rae8 17.Be3 Na5 18.Rb1 b5 19.a4 Nc4


20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra1 Ra8 22.Qb1 c6 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Bf4 Nh5 25.Be5 Rxa1 26.Qxa1 Nf4 27.Kh2 Ng6 28.Bg3 h5 29.Qa5 h4 30.Qc7, White resigns.