Monday, July 31, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 7/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1940) - PDKM6 (Chess.com 1858), Chess.com 7/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Be7 4.f4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nbd7 8.O-O c6 9.f5 Qb6+ 10.Kh1 h5 11.a4 a5 12.Na3 h4 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.h3 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Na3 Rc8 17.Bg5 e4


18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.dxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.c3 Qg3 22.Qe1 Bd6 23.Qxg3 Bxg3 24.Nc2 O-O 25.Ne3 Rfd8 26.Rad1 f6 27.Kg1 Kf7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+ 30.Nxd1 Ke7 31.Kf1 Kd6 32.Ke2 Ke5 33.Ne3 Bf4


34.Nc4+ Kxf5 35.Nxa5 b6 36.Nc4 Bc7 37.b4 Ke6 38.Ke3 Kd5 39.Nd2 f5 40.Nb3 f4+ 41.Ke2 Kc4 42.Nd4 Bb8 43.Nc6 Bc7 44.a5 bxa5 45.bxa5 Kb5 46.Ne7 Kxa5 47.Nf5 Be5 48.Nxh4 Bxc3 49.Ng6 Kb4 50.Nxf4 g5


51.Nd5+ Kc4 52.Nxc3 Kxc3 53.Ke3 Kc4 54.Kxe4 Kc5, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

esteniosobral (lichess 2168) - JimWest (lichess 2225), lichess 7/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 d4 8.Ngxe4 dxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Bg5 Bf5 12.Bxe7+ Kxe7 13.Ng3 Be6 14.Bd3 Nc6 15.f4 g6 16.Rb1 b6 17.Be4 Bd7 18.O-O Raf8 19.Ne2 Na5


20.Bd3 Nh6 21.Nd4 Nf5 22.Rbe1 Nxd4 23.cxd4 Bf5 24.Be2 h5 25.d5 Nb7 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Rxd3 Nc5 29.Rg3 Rhg8 30.a4 a5 31.Ra3 Rdf8 32.Rff3 Rf5 33.h3 h4 34.Kf2 g5 35.fxg5 Rgxg5 36.Rxf5 Rxf5+ 37.Ke3 Rxe5+ 38.Kf4 Re4+ 39.Kf5 Rxc4


40.Re3+ Kd7 41.g4 hxg3 42.Rxg3 Rxa4 43.Rg7+ Kd6 44.Kg5 Kxd5 45.h4 Ne6+ 46.Kg6 Nxg7 47.h5 Nxh5, White resigns.