Thursday, June 22, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/21/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1900) - AravHyd218510 (Chess.com 1959), Chess.com 6/21/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxf4 Bc5 7.d4 Bb6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nc6 11.Kh1 h6 12.c3 Nf8 13.Nbd2 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Qc2 Bg6 16.Rae1 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Ne6 18.Bh2 Ne7


19.b4 c6 20.Nb3 Ng6 21.Nc5 Bxc5 22.bxc5 Qa5 23.Qd2 b6 24.cxd6 axb6 25.Rb1 b5 26.Rb2 Red8 27.Rfb1 Rab8 28.h4 Ne7 29.Qc2 Ra8 30.Ne1 Nc8 31.Nd3 Nb6


32.Nb4 Rdc8 33.Qf5 Ra7 34.Rf2 Na4 35.Qd3 Nb6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Lip_7272 (lichess 2199) - JimWest (lichess 2154), lichess 6/21/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 e4 5.Nfd2 Bxf5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.c4 d5 8.c5 Be7 9.Nf1 O-O 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Be3 c6 12.Nc3 b6 13.cxb6 Qxb6 14.Qc2 Bd6 15.O-O-O Nbd7 16.h4 h6 17.Nf1 Rab8


18.g4 h5 19.gxh5 Bxh5 20.Bxh5 Nxh5 21.b3 Ndf6 22.Rg1 Kh8 23.Qe2 Qa5 24.Na4 Ba3+ 25.Kc2 Qxa4 26.bxa4 Rb2+ 27.Kc3 Rxe2, White resigns.