Monday, September 18, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/17/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1915) - BalfaKrOOI_FCB (Chess.com 1799), Chess.com 9/17/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Bg4 5.Be2 Bxe2 6.Nxe2 Nbd7 7.fxe5 Nxe5 8.d4 Ng6 9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Be7 11.c3 O-O 12.Nd2 f5 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nf4 Nxf4 15.Bxf4 c6 16.Qd2 Qd7 17.Be3 a6 18.a4 b5 19.axb5 axb5


20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.b4 Qe6 24.Qe2 Rf7 25.h3 Kh7 26.Rf1 Ra7 27.g4 h5 28.Rf5 g6 29.Rf6 Ra1+ 30.Kg2 Qe7


31.gxh5 g5 32.Qf2 Ra7 33.Qf5+ Kg8 34.Rg6+ Kh8 35.Qc8+, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

byjh0528 (lichess 1977) - JimWest (lichess 2100), lichess 9/17/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 7.Nc3 fxe4 8.Nxe5 Nf6 9.Nb5 Bd6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Be2 Ne8 13.Bg3 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Rxf2 15.Bf1 Nc6 16.Bg3 Rf7 17.a3 a6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Nf6


20.b3 Re8 21.Kb2 c6 22.a4 Rd7 23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Bc4+ Be6 25.Be2 b5 26.h3 bxa4 27.Bxa6 axb3 28.cxb3 Rd8 29.Bf4 Nd5 30.Bg5 Rb8 31.Re1 Nf6 32.Kc1 Rxb3 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Rxe4 Bd5 35.Rg4+ Kf7 36.Kc2 Ra3


37.Bc4 Bxc4 38.Rxc4 Ra2+ 39.Kd3 Rxg2 40.Rxc6 Rg3+ 41.Ke4 Rxh3 42.Kf5 Rh5+ 43.Kg4 Rg5+ 44.Kh4 Kg6 45.Rc8 Rh5+ 46.Kg3 h6 47.Kf4 Ra5 48.Kg3 h5 49.Rg8+ Kh6 50.Rh8+ Kg7 51.Rb8 Kg6 52.Rg8+ Kf5 53.Rh8 Ke4


54.Kh4 Kf4 55.Rf8 f5 56.Rb8 Ra4 57.Kxh5 Kf3 58.Rb3+ Ke4 59.Rb1 f4 60.Rf1 f3 61.Kg4 Ke3+ 62.Kg3 f2 63.Rxf2 Rg4+ 64.Kxg4 Kxf2, draw.