Monday, September 4, 2023

PCG & PCG Reversed 9/3/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit

NitishP463 (Chess.com 1830) - JimWest (Chess.com 1926), Chess.com 9/3/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 f5 4.exf5 Bxf5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nh4 Be6 9.Bg5 Nbd7


10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.dxe4 Qxh4 13.f3 Rf6 14.c3 Rh6 15.h3 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Rg6+ 17.Kh2 Qg3+, White resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (lichess 2098) - haythammed (lichess 2116), lichess 9/3/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 O-O 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Ng4 8.d4 Be7 9.Nf3 f6 10.exf6 Bxf6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O g5 13.Bc1 Qd6 14.h3 Nh6 15.Bxg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Bf5 17.Nd2 Qg3 18.Ndf3 Bxh3 19.Nxh3 Ng4


20.Nhg5 h6 21.Qd3 hxg5 22.Qg6+ Kh8 23.Bd3 Nf6 24.Nxg5 Qe3+ 25.Kh1 Ne7 26.Nf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Qh6+ 28.Kg1 Neg8 29.Qg6 Qe3+ 30.Rf2 Re8 31.Raf1 Re7


32.Qf5 Rh7 33.Qf3 Qh6 34.Bxh7, Black resigns.