Sunday, July 30, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/29/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest Chess.com 1934) - arturito1515 (Chess.com 1857), Chess.com 7/29/2023

1.e3 Nf6 2.d3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.c3 O-O 7.Be2 Re8 8.O-O e5 9.Qc2 d5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.fxe5 Rxe5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5 Ng4 14.d4 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 c5 17.Nd2 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qb6 19.Kh1 Rac8


20.h3 Nh6 21.g4 Re7 22.Qe3 Rc2 23.Bxh6 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 Qxb2 24.Nf3 Rf2 25.Qh4 Rxf3 26.Rab1 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Rd7 28.e6 Qe2

29.exf7+ Rxf7 30.Rxf7 Kxf7 31.Qxh7+ Kf6 32.Qh8+ Kf7 33.Qh7+ Kf6 34.Qh7+ Kf6 35.Qh8+ Kf7 36.Qh7+, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

The_Ark_of_Troy (lichess 2241) - JimWest (lichess 2215), lichess 7/29/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Bxd8 9.O-O Nf6 10.Re1 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Rxe4 Bf6 13.b3 Bf5 14.Re2 O-O-O 15.Bb2 Rhe8


16.h3 h5 17.Bf7 Rh8 18.c4 Bd3 19.Re3 e4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Bg6 Rd4 22.Rae1 b5 23.Bxe4 bxc4 24.Bc6 cxb3 25.axb3 Bg6 26.Re7 Rd6 27.Ba4 Rhd8 28.Rg7 Rd1 29.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Kh2 Be4 31.f3 Bd5


32.Rd7 c6 33.Bxc6 Bxb3 34.Rf7 Bxf7, White resigns.