Sunday, July 2, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/1/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

arkopadi (Chess.com 1771) - JimWest (Chess.com 1946), Chess.com 7/1/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nxe5 fxe4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.O-O Bd6 10.f4 Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Re1 O-O 13.Nxe4 Bxe5 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Ng5 Rae8 16.Nxe6 Rxe6 17.Bd2 Rxe5 18.Rxe5 Nxe5 19.b3 Nc6


20.Bc3 Re8 21.Kf1 b5 22.a3 a5 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Kxe1 b4 25.axb4 axb4 26.Bd2 Kf7 27.c3 bxc3 28.Bxc3 g6 29.Kf2 Ke6 30.Ke3 Kd5 31.Kd3 Ne7 32.g3 c6 33.Bf6 Nf5 34.Bc3 h5 35.Bf6 Nd6 36.Bc3 Ne4 37.Bd4 c5 38.Be3 Nd6


39.Bf2 c4+ 40.bxc4+ Nxc4 41.Bd4 Nd6 42.Be3 Nf5 43.Bg5 Ke5 44.Bf4+ Kf6 45.h4 Kg7 46.Ke4, draw.

          *          *          *          *          *          *          *          *

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2124) - MASSIGLIA1-mg (lichess 2081), lichess 7/1/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 O-O 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O Nh5 9.f5 gxf5 10.exf5 Nf4 11.g4 h5 12.Bxf4 hxg4 13.Bg5 f6 14.Bh4 gxf3 15.Rxf3 Kf7 16.Qb3+ Ke7 17.Rg3 Rg8 18.Bf3 Bxf5 19.Bd5 Na5


20.Qa4 b6 21.Bxg8 Qxg8 22.Nd2 Qh7 23.Rf1 Bxd3 24.Rxg7+ Qxg7+ 25.Bg3 Bxf1 26.Nxf1 f5 27.Kh1 Rh8 28.Ne3 Qxg3 29.Nxf5+, Black resigns.