Thursday, July 13, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/12/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

mehrdad1354mehrdad1354 (Chess.com 1971) - JimWest (Chess.com 2011), Chess.com 7/12/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Nh7 d5 13.Ng3 Bg6 14.Bh5 Bh7 15.Bg4 Bd6 16.c4 d4 17.Qb3 Qb6 18.Qxb6 axb6


19.Ne4 Bxe4 20.dxe4 Na6 21.Nf3 Nc5 22.Bf5 Rf6 23.Nd2 g6 24.Bg4 h5 25.Bf3 Nd3 26.b3 Bb4 27.Rad1 Nb2 28.Rb1 Rxa2 29.Ra1 Rxa1 30.Rxa1 Bxd2 31.Ra8+ Rf8 32.Ra2 Bc3 33.Kf1 Nd3 34.Ra7 Rf7 35.Ra8+ Kg7


36.Re8 Kf6 37.g4 Ne1 38.Be2 d3 39.Bd1 hxg4 40.Bxg4 Nc2 41.Kg2 Nd4 42.f4 Nxb3 43.fxe5+ Bxe5 44.Re6+ Kg7 45.Rxe5 Nc5 46.Re8 Rf4 47.Bf3 d2 48.Rd8 Nxe4 49.Bxe4 Rxe4 50.Rxd2 Rxc4 51.Rd7+ Kh6 52.Rxb7 b5


53.Kg3 Kg5 54.Re7 Rc3+ 55.Kg2 b4 56.Re5+ Kf6 57.Ra5 c5 58.h4 Kf5 59.Ra1 Kg4 60.Ra6 Rg3+ 61.Kf2 Kxh4 62.Rc6 Rg5 63.Ke2 Re5+ 64.Kd3 g5 65.Rh6+ Kg3 66.Rh1 g4 67.Rc1 Kh3 68.Rh1+ Kg2 69.Rh4 g3


70.Rh7 Kg1 71.Rg7 g2 72.Rh7 b3 73.Rb7 Rh5 74.Rxb3 Rh3+ 75.Kc4 Rxb3 76.Kxb3 Kf2, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2217) - ArcheinPrattein (lichess 2161), lichess 7/12/2013

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nc6 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Nxe4 7.dxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nf3 Qe4+ 10.Kf2 Nxh1+ 11.Kg2 Bh3+ 12.Kxh1 Bxf1 13.Nc3 Qf5 14.Qxf1 Qxc2


15.Qb5+ c6 16.Qxb7 Rd8 17.Bg5 f6 18.Qxc6+ Kf7 19.Bxf6 Qd3 20.Ng5+ Kg6 21.Bxd8+ Kh5 22.Qxd5, Black resigns.