Friday, September 1, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 8/31/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

maychess_1 (Chess.com 1889) - JimWest (Chess.com 1910), Chess.com 8/31/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Qxb6 axb6 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Nc4 Nbd7 11.Be3 b5 12.Na3 O-O 13.h3 h6 14.g4 Bh7 15.Nd2 Nd5 16.Nc2 Nxe3 17.Nxe3 Bg5


18.O-O Bxe3 19.fxe3 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Nc5 21.d4 exd4 22.exd4 Ne4 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.Kg1 Bd5 25.a3 Re8 26.Kf2 g5 27.a4 Rf8+ 28.Ke3 Bc4 29.Bxc4+ bxc4 30.a5 Re8+ 31.Kf2 Rf8+ 32.Ke2 Ra8 33.Kf3 d5 34.Kg3 Ra6


35.h4 Kg7 36.Ra3 gxh4+ 37.Kxh4 Kg6 38.b4 cxb3 39.Rxb3 Rxa5 40.Rxb7 Ra3 41.Rb8 Rxc3 42.Rg8+ Kh7 43.Rc8 Rc4 44.Kh5 Rxd4 45.Rxc6 Rc4 46.Rxh6+ Kg7 47.Rd6 Rc7 48.Rxd5 Rc6 49.g5 Ra6 50.Rd7+ Kg8

51.g6 Ra1 52.Kg5 Rg1+ 53.Kf6 Rf1+ 54.Ke5 Re1+ 55.Kf4 Rf1+ 56.Ke3 Rg1 57.Rd6 Kg7 58.Kf2 Rxg6 59.Rxg6+ Kxg6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2078) - AILIN265 (lichess 2086), lichess 8/31/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.Qc2 dxe4 10.dxe4 Na5 11.b4 Bb6 12.bxa5 Bxa5 13.O-O Qd6 14.Ba3 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Rfd8 16.Nbd2 Qe3 17.Nc4 Qxc3 18.Qxc3 Bxc3 19.Rac1 Nxe4


20.Bb2 Bxb2 21.Nxb2 c6 22.Bd3 Nd6 23.Nxe5 h5 24.Nxg4 hxg4 25.g3 Re8 26.Rf4 Re5 27.Nc4 Rc5 28.Re1 Nb5 29.Rxg4 Rd8 30.Nb2 f6 31.Re7 Nc3 32.Rgxg7+ Kf8 33.Rxb7 Nxa2


34.Bc4 Nc3 35.Rg8#.