Monday, August 21, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/20/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

Radiboshkov (Chess.com 1776) - JimWest (Chess.com 1909), Chess.com 8/20/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.d3 Be7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Be3 Rf8 9.Qd2 Kf7 10.h3 Kg8 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qg5 Qxg5 14.Nxg5 h6 15.Nge4 d5 16.Nd6 Bg6 17.Nxb7 Rab8 18.Na5 Rxb2


19.Kd2 Rxf2+ 20.Ne2 Rxg2 21.Rhg1 Rxg1 22.Rxg1 Bh5 23.Nc1 Rb6 24.Nab3 Nf6 25.Ne2 Bxe2 26.Kxe2 Kf7 27.c4, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2117) - Shyam1985 (lichess 2007), lichess 8/20/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 O-O 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Re8 11.f5 d5 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Bxg4 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qxg4 15.Qe2 Qh3 16.Bd2 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 dxe4 18.dxe4 Rad8 19.Be3 Rd7


20.Rf1 Red8 21.Ra1 h5 22.f6 g6 23.Bg5 Rd3 24.Rf2 Qd7 25.Kf1 Rd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Kg2 Nd8 29.Rd2 Rxd2+ 30.Bxd2 Ne6 31.Be3 Kf8 32.Kf3 Ke8 33.h3 Nf8 34.g4 Nh7 35.g5 Nf8 36.h4 Kd7


37.Ke2 Kc6 38.Kd3 Ne6 39.b4 axb4 40.cxb4 b6 41.b5+ Kd6 42.Kc4 Nf4 43.Bxf4 exf4 44.Kd4 f3 45.Ke3 Kc5 46.Kxf3 Kb4 47.e5 Kxa4 48.e6 Kxb5 49.exf7, Black resigns.