Wednesday, September 20, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 9/19/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1925) - Zaenalbaru (Chess.com 2035), Chess.com 9/19/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 exf4 5.e5 Ng4 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d4 g5 8.h4 Be7 9.hxg5 Bxg5 10.g3 Ne3 11.Bxe3 fxe3 12.c3 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qd7 15.Qe2 Ne7 16.Na3 Qa4 17.Qb5+ Qxb5 18.Nxb5 Kd8 19.Ke2 a6


20.Na3 c6 21.Nc2 Nf5 22.Rag1 Ke7 23.g4 Nh4 24.Nxe3 Nxf3 25.Kxf3 Bxe3 26.Kxe3 Rag8 27.g5 Rg7 28.Kf4 Rhg8 29.Rh6 Kd7 30.a4 Ke7 31.a5 Kd7 32.b4 Kc7


33.Rg4 Kd7 34.Rh5 Ke6 35.Rh6+ Ke7 36.Rh5 Ke6 37.Rh6+ Ke7 38.Rh5 Ke6, draw.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

ValyT (lichess 2008) - JimWest (lichess 2113), lichess 9/19/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 fxe4 6.Bxg8 exf3 7.Bd5 fxg2 8.Bxg2 Nd4 9.d3 Be7 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qd1 O-O 12.Bh6 Rf7 13.Ne4 d5 14.Nc3 c6 15.Qd2 Bh3 16.f3 Bxg2 17.Qxg2 Nxf3+ 18.Ke2 Bg5


19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxg5 Nxg5 21.Raf1 Raf8 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Nd1 e4 24.Ne3 exd3+ 25.cxd3 Ne6 26.Ng4 Kg7 27.Ne5 Re7 28.d4 Nxd4+ 29.Kd3 Rxe5 30.Kxd4 Re2 31.b3 Rb2 32.Kc3 Rg2 33.h4 h5


34.Kd4 Kf6 35.Kc5 Ke6 36.Re1+ Kd7 37.a4 b6+ 38.Kd4 Rg4+ 39.Ke5 Rxh4 40.Kf6 Re4 41.Rg1 Re6+ 42.Kg5 c5 43.Rf1 a5 44.Rf7+ Kc6 45.Rf8 d4 46.Rg8 Kd5 37.Rf8 Ke4 48.Rb8 Kd3, White forfeits.