Friday, July 21, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 7/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

caubehayho (Chess.com 1999) - JimWest (Chess.com 1998), Chess.com 7/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Qg4 g6 9.Ng5 Nf6 10.Qd4 O-O 11.Nf7 Qe8 12.Bh6 Nc6 13.Qd2 Bb4 14.c3 Qxe6+ 15.Be2 Rxf7 16.cxb4 Ng4 17.O-O Nxh6 18.Nc3 d4 19.Nb5 Nf5


20.Rac1 Qf6 21.Rfe1 Be6 22.Bf3 Rd8 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Nxa7 Bd5 25.b5 Ne7 26.Rc5 Ra8 27.Nxc6 Bxc6 28.bxc6 Nxc6 29.Rec1 Ne5 30.a3 Raf8


31.R5c2 Ng4 32.f3 Ne3 33.Rc6 Qe5 34.R1c5 Qf4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2223) - Tabaluga40 (lichess 2194), lichess 7/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Qe7 8.a4 d5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.fxe5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nd7 12.d4 Bb6 13.exd5 O-O 14.Na3 Rae8 15.Nc4 f6 16.Nxb6 Nxb6 17.O-O fxe5 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.dxe5 Qxe5


20.Qxe5 Rxe5 21.Bf4 Re2 22.Bxc7 Nxd5 23.Bb8 Rxb2 24.Bxa7 Nxc3 25.h3 Rb1+ 26.Rxb1 Nxb1 27.Bc5+ Kf7 28.Bb4 Ke6 29.Kf2 Kd5 30.Ke3 Kc4 31.Bf8 g6 32.Kf4 Kb3 33.a5 Ka4


34.Kg5 Kxa5 35.Kh6 b5 36.Kxh7 Nc3 37.Kxg6 Ne4 38.h4, Black resigns.