Thursday, August 3, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 8/2/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1916) - serdarahed (Chess.com 1803), Chess.com 8/2/2023

1.e3 g6 2.d3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 b6 6.Be2 Bb7 7.O-O Nbd7 8.c3 O-O 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 e5 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.f5 d5 13.Ng5 Nhf6 14.fxg6 fxg6 15.Ne6 Qe7 16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.Bg5 dxe4 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.dxe4 Bxe4


20.Bd3 Bd5 21.Kh1 e4 22.Bc4 Qc5 23.Bxd5+ Qxd5 24.Rad1 Qe5 25.Nc4 Qh5 26.Ne3 Bh6 27.Rde1 Qc5 28.Rxf6 Rxf6 29.Ng4, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

Hardy_and_Laurel (lichess 2132) - JimWest (lichess 2188), lichess 8/2/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d3 c6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.Re1 Bd6 10.Bf4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bd2 h6 13.Nf3 e4 14.dxe4 fxe4 15.Nd4 Qc7 16.h3 Bd7 17.Nc3 Rae8 18.Be3 Nh7 19.a3 Bf4


20.b4 a6 21.a4 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 Qf4 23.Qe2 Qf6 24.Rd1 Rb8 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Rbd8 27.bxc6 Bxc6 28.Nxc6 Qxc6 29.Qb5 Qxb5 30.Nxb5 Nf6 31.Nd4 Rc8 32.Nf5 Rxc2 33.Ne7+ Kh7 34.Nxd5 Nxd5 35.Rxd5 Rfxf2 36.Rg3 Rfd2


37.Re5 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 Rdd1 39.Re3 Re1 40.R5xe4 Rxe3 41.Rxe3 h5 42.Kg3 Rc4 43.Kf2 h4 44.Kf3 Kh6 45.Re4 Rxe4 46.Kxe4 Kg5 47.Ke5 g6 48.Ke4 Kf6 49.Kf4 g5+ 50.Kg4 Kg6 51.g3 hxg3 52.Kxg3 Kh4 53.Kg2 g4 54.hxg4+ Kxg4, draw.